The Weekender 05-15-2013

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letter from the editor
“The Great Gatsby” was one of my
favorite books I was assigned to read in
high school. Granted, I was an English
nerd, so taste amongst students certainly
varies, but I thoroughly enjoyed the
heavy symbolism and biting commen-
tary on the American Dream F. Scott
Fitzgerald peppered throughout. Others
just loved immersing themselves in
1920s fashion and elegance.
It was only a matter of time before
Hollywood gave it a big-budget update.
For star Leonardo DiCaprio, he seemed
to latch onto the same themes I did, as
he discusses on pages 32 and 33. For
director Baz Luhrmann, critics (such
as ours on page 23) say he focused on
the latter, painting a colorful picture
onscreen with a lavish old brush. He
would probably enjoy our guide to
creating your own ‘20s party, found on
page 33.
For those of us living in the present,
there are plenty of other ways to spend
your weekend that don’t involve total
escapism, which you’ll fnd throughout
the rest of the issue, but going back to
the past every once in a while can be
fun and thought-provoking.
It makes me want to grab my old
copy of “Gatsby” off the shelf and
revisit it, though since I’m not being
tested this time, I may just catch the
movie instead.
-Rich Howells, Weekender Editor
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COVER STORY
the great gatsby ... 32-33
LISTINGS
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sPeaK & see ...10
CONCerts ... 18
LIVe eNtertaINMeNt ... 20
theater ... 26
ageNDa ... 34,39
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Music
Though she’s celebrating four
years with her band this weekend,
area resident Jeanne Zano has made
music a main focus of her life since a
very young age.
She began playing piano at the
age of six, then started her foray into
vocals in college. She’s been a part
of local bands, most notably Flaxy
Morgan, and, four years ago, she
settled into the groove with a group
of her own.
Things took off for the area native
in 2005 when she won a vocal talent
competition at the Wyoming County
Fair, receiving the chance to open for
country singer Jason Aldean in 2006.
She was then asked back to the fair
to open for Lorrie Morgan, which is
when she met the singer’s keyboard
player and producer Mark Oliverius.
Oliverius invited Zano to Nashville
to record, where she then produced
her 10-song album, “Here I Am,”
fnished in 2008.
Zano’s career began in country
roots, though it has expanded into
other genres.
“I’ve always liked country music;
Patsy Kline was a favorite,” she
began, “but right now, I wouldn’t say
we’re exactly country. We’re bringing
in a lot of rock and pop, mixing it up.
We do throw in some Johnny Cash,
but we also perform songs from Sug-
arland and Carrie Underwood.”
Zano is going to get back into
the studio in June to record another
album, one that she said will continue
to stick with her sound now without
being full-on country. She enjoys the
eclectic sound because she believes
it only helps build a stronger fan base.
This is what Zano calls a triple
threat, covering the main musical
bases.
“We call it the triple threat: the
country, the rock, the pop,” she said.
“You have to do that now, especially
with the economy and trying to get
people out. You need to be versatile
and not only get them out, but make
sure they stay.”
The band is also reaching out to
masses via a phone app that works
for both Android and iPhone that con-
tains show dates, a way to upload fan
photos, and songs to listen to, among
other things.
Staying power is something the
band certainly wields, especially
considering the lineup has undergone
several changes over the years. The
band members are currently Gary
Flanagan on lead/acoustic guitar,
harmonica, mandolin, and vocals;
Mike Dantone on bass; Bob Bartoli
on lead guitar; and Joe Partash, who’s
been with the band since the start, on
drums.
Though member changes could po-
tentially break a musical group apart,
it hasn’t slowed Zano down.
“I have been fortunate enough to
be successful and have a recognizable
name and good reputation, so it seems
I’m never lacking with people who I
can work with,” she said.
“Honestly, I love playing music,
and as long as I can do it, I will. My
drive, my love of music has kept me
moving on. There are a lot of amaz-
ing musicians in this area, and I’ve
been fortunate enough to play with a
lot of them, and I hope to continue to
do so.”
With four years under her belt,
Zano is looking forward to many
more.
“I’d like to put more albums out,
collaborate with more people, get out
there and play music,” she said. “It’s
getting tricky, of course, because I
have two kids and they come frst,
but so far I’ve been very fortunate to
work around their schedules. I mean,
they’re involved with everything, but
I still somehow do it.”
Anna, 8, and Adam, 10, enjoy see-
ing their mother on stage and have
even started to get involved with
her career.
“They’ve really gotten into the
merchandise, when I have CDs
or t-shirts to sell,” Zano said with
a laugh, “and they get very upset
when no one comes to their table.”
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Area resident Jeanne Zano
is very much evolving in her
career also passing the four-
year mark with her band.
Zano celebrates four
and many more
By Sara Pokorny
Weekender Staff Writer
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…is coming to the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre for the 2013-2014 season?
You no longer have to wait to find out, because the lineup has been announced.
It’ll be another season with a little something for everyone, from headliners
like Merle Haggard and Cesar Millan; Broadway shows like “American Idiot,”
operas, family shows, and the Young People’s Theater Series; as well as offbeat
performances such as famed Japanese drummers YAMATO.
As always, the Kirby Center is aiming to please with the acts it brings in.
“We agree with the YAMATO Drummers and just want to make the world a little
more happy,” said marketing manager Anne Rodella.
For a complete list of events, visit kirbycenter.org.
…should you work on you body slam? Because, this year, you’ve got only one shot
to meet with some of wrestling’s greatest – the WWE Superstars.
WWE Live will come to the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza (255 Highland
Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre) on July 7. Superstars scheduled to be there include Randy
Orton, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, Cody Rhodes, AJ Lee, and many more.
Ticket prices range from $15 to $95 and go on sale May 18 at 10 a.m. Tickets are
available at the Pennstar Box Office at
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at 800.745.3000.
...can you sing your heart out? Local Chris Concert, known in the country scene
and for his website “In the Woodshed,” is raising money for a local charity yet again
by holding “Crazy Chris’ Karaoke Contest 2013,” with proceeds from the event going
to the Larksville Volunteer Fire Company.
Winners will receive a $500 cash prize, with the finals being held July 14 at the
Larksville Bazaar at 6 p.m. For complete contest rules, visit inthewoodshed.net.
…is a perfect treat for a hot summer day? Find out when you stop in at Froyo
Mania (10 E. Northampton St., Wilkes-Barre).
There’ll be a ribbon-cutting ceremony today at 12:30 p.m. for the new business.
Froyo Mania is a self-serve premium frozen yogurt shop that offers various choose-it-
yourself toppings.
The ribbon-cutting is a part of Froyo’s grand opening celebration, which will take
place today from noon to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The business will offer free
samples, a 50 percent discount, a t-shirt giveaway for the first 25 customers, and
hold a drawing for a chance to win an iPad mini.
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“We agree with the YAMATO Drummers and just
want to make the world a little more happy.”
-Anne Rodella, F.M. Kirby Center Marketing Manager
Jeanne Zano Band Fourth Anni-
versary Party with No Vacancy:
May 18, 7-11 p.m., Cooper’s
Cabana (304 Kennedy Blvd.,
Pittston). Info: jeannezano.com.
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Internet to self-promote as much
as possibly, reaching audiences all
over the world.
Breaking
Down the Walls
LocaL music with titLe Fight’s
Ned Russin | Special to the Weekender
Working with, and
without, the Internet
Last time we spoke, I wrote
about the importance of Record
Store Day and briefy touched upon
a simple but important subject that
I would like to elaborate on today:
the Internet and music.
It’s not breaking news that the
Internet has completely revolution-
ized our day-to-day lives. I have
been traveling throughout Europe
for three weeks, and thanks to my
tiny, sleek computer phone, I have
been able to talk, e-mail, and even
video chat with people 3,000 miles
away. While it’s practically impos-
sible to think of life today without
these little gadgets, I think there
should be some important thought
put into these tools.
I often get asked how I feel
about the Internet’s presence in
music today and how it has helped
our hurt the music community. I
honestly feel like this is always a
trick question. Today, we have the
greatest and fastest communication
tools. In 2008, Title Fight booked
our frst ever tour with Tigers Jaw
all through the social network
MySpace. We were able to contact
people from all over the East Coast
who were able to put shows to-
gether for us in basements and fre
halls. This was our frst jump into
touring and our frst time playing
outside of Wilkes-Barre.
Besides the luxury of contacting
people, bands are fortunate enough
to self-promote with ease. Within
seconds, a band’s demo can be
released online and anyone from
Moscow, Penn., to Moscow, Russia
can hear it. Just the other week, a
new band from Wilkes-Barre called
Grin released a three-song demo
online, and this week Strength For
AReason streamed their new EP
as well. To me, it’s admirable to
see a band put up new songs and
let them speak for themselves. You
can tweet, retweet, or tag your way
into getting thousands of views,
but it seems almost impossible to
“get anywhere” without that.
It’s hard to say that these are bad
options for bands to use because
they are so easy and so effective.
But the thing is, if you look back
on our area just 10 years ago, there
were shows happening and being
promoted by fyers at the mall and
by word of mouth. People like
Bobb Mac were booking shows by
calling strangers’ phone numbers
that they acquired, and he still con-
tinues to book events today like the
art show he is holding at Utopia on
South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre
on May 18. While the means have
certainly changed, the mentality
hasn’t.
It’s hard to pick exactly what I
feel is the drawback because just
when I think something is causing
a problem, it seems to offer its own
solution. Maybe I’m just nitpicking
at something that is irrelevant, but
it’s clear that things are constantly
evolving. Perhaps people said the
same thing when people started
using computers to record instead
of analog tape machines.
In high school, I took a pho-
tography class. Now while this
was well into the digital age, we
rolled our own flm, developed our
own negatives, and then printed
the fnal product. While we could
have done this with a digital
camera and Photoshop, we
learned how to operate the
equipment that today seems
obsolete to some.
I think this is the most im-
portant thing to learn. While
you can use every technologi-
cal gadget to your advantage,
it is best to understand that
you can still do everything
without it.
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Korn has sold millions of albums
worldwide and earned two Grammy
Awards as they continue to top Bill-
board charts and break new ground,
but something has been missing for
almost a decade now.
Founding guitarist Brian “Head”
Welch left the popular metal act in
2005 after becoming a Christian,
releasing an autobiography and a
solo album called “Save Me from
Myself,” chronicling his struggles
with addiction and need to get away
from the decadent rock star life-
style. Now clean and sober, he and
his bandmates have made amends
are touring together once again,
stopping at the Sands Bethlehem
Event Center (77 Sands Blvd.,
Bethlehem) on Thursday, May 23,
with his new band, Love and Death,
opening the show.
The Weekender picked Head’s
brain about what has changed, why
he rejoined, the making of a new
album to be released later this year,
and how his time away solidifed his
future with Korn.
THE WEEKENDER: For
years, you’ve been asked by
Korn’s management to rejoin the
band. What fnally convinced you
to give it a shot?
HEAD: It was the timing. I feel
like I have a sense of feeling when
things are right now, because I was
just making bad decisions before.
As far as like how things fall into
place in life, I feel like I’ve got a lot
of wisdom with that. It was a heart
thing. I hooked up with Korn in
2012, and I ended up jamming with
them on stage at a big concert, and
it was all about friendship rather
than money and business. That’s
the short answer right there. All
this happened because of friend-
ship rather than the business aspect
of it. And so once we connected as
friends again, it just fell into place.
W: What was it like reuniting
with Korn at Carolina Rebellion
in 2012? What was going through
your mind at the time?
H: It was really trippy. It’s crazy
because as it was happening, it felt
like it was a lifetime ago that I was
doing that with Korn, you know? I
didn’t expect it at all. I was trying
to kind of lay low at that concert, so
some people wouldn’t try to make it
happen or something because I just
wanted to chill with my daughter.
I was there hanging out with my
daughter, but when it happened, I
was like, “Oh man, this is supposed
to happen.”
Last time I was on a big stage, I
was wasted, so I was like, “Whoa,
this is what it’s like being sober.” It
was just surreal. But now that I’ve
been hanging out with Korn and
stuff, it’s all come back and it feels
like I’ve only been gone like a year
rather than eight years.
W: What is the band dynamic
like now?
H: Oh my gosh, it’s so great. It’s
so positive. There’s no negative
energy – zero negative energy in the
room. Everyone is friends. Everyone
is just happy, and it’s crazy. It was
all negative before. Everything was
negative, like almost everything,
because there had to be some kind
of a drama or drug or something go-
ing on that was sneaky and just not
good. That was just going on all the
time, but now, there’s nothing that’s
going on that’s sneaky or negative.
I don’t mean to sound like it’s all
perfect or nothing, but it really feels
like everybody and everything has
been healed and just set back stron-
ger than ever.
W: You were concerned about
everyone’s drug use and way
of life in the past. Have things
changed since the old days?
H: 100 percent, yeah. Everybody
has put everything behind them, and
everyone just wants to be happy.
The biggest thing is that everybody
is so grateful now for Korn and the
music that they’ve been able to do
and the traveling and the fans that
they have. Everyone is so thank-
ful for it, and they don’t take it for
granted anymore, and that’s one
thing that’s really powerful for me
to see because there were a lot of
egos foating around before, 10
years ago.
W: As you guys work on the
new album together, what is the
sound or vibe that’s coming out
so far?
H: It’s heavy on guitar. I think
there’s a lot of mixture because it
sounds very familiar, like me and
Munky doing guitars and stuff like
that, but then there’s a new sound
too that’s 2013 Korn. Jonathan
Davis’ vocals have never sounded
better in his life, I don’t think, in his
entire life. Something is just going
on with his voice, how he’s putting
lyrics together, and the words are
just way more – I don’t know – just
thought out. I’m tripping on what
he’s doing. This is my favorite Korn
album just from the choruses and
the heart; the words that he’s putting
together are revealing his heart and
what he’s been going through the
last two years. I think the Korn fans
are really going to relate to it.
W: What do you think has
inspired the writing?
H: Well Jonathan will always be
Jonathan. He doesn’t write about
happy things. Life is hard, and
there’re a lot of pressures, and he
tackles that stuff head-on. I do that
a lot in my solo band, too. I sing a
lot about overcoming things that
are coming against us because there
seems to be something trying to
smack you around in life. On some
of the songs, I feel like he’s wanting
to get out of a dark place he’s at,
you know? And other songs are just
kind of Jonathan’s twisted mind
going off.
W: What do you feel you’re
personally bringing to this album?
H: Munky always says that I’m
like the melody guy, the chorus guy,
and so I’d probably say that, mainly
the choruses and the melody and the
heart. The melody comes through
the music; that’s my thing. I love
it. To hear the power come from
Jonathan mixed in with the melodies
that I bring and stuff, and then the
crazy stuff Munky brings, then Ray
and Fieldy with the bass and drums
just all blends together well. It’s all
blending together so great.
W: How does writing with them
differ from your solo work with
Love and Death, and has your
other band had an affect on the
way you write now?
H: That’s totally what happened.
You know what it is? I left Korn, I
focused on raising my daughter, I
focused on getting rid of all the an-
ger and rage that I was dealing with,
and then I went back into music
and I relearned how to write, how
to sharpen my skills musically. In
every way, I relearned how to do it.
I just polished it up and I came back
to Korn, and I just feel like I have
a new bag of tricks, and they have
them too because everyone is sober
and everything.
It was all meant to be. That’s all
I can say. I look back at the last
eight years – every year that I went
through was meant to be because it
was like adding something positive
on my life every year, whether it’s
with family, emotionally, mentally,
musically, and professionally. It was
like I was being rebuilt every year in
all those ways.
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Brian ‘Head’ Welch left
Korn in 2005, but has
since returned.
Korn gets its Head on straight
By Rich Howells
Weekender Editor
Korn with Love and Death:
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Earlier this month, online music
magazine SingerUniverse named
Danville-based singer/songwriter
Tim Farley “Best Vocalist of the
Month” for his performance on
“Steady As She Goes,” one of six
songs from his latest EP, “Squaring
Circles.” After listening to his sec-
ond solo album, it’s easy to see why.
The former Pan.a.ce.a frontman
made a local splash with his current
band, simply called Farley, in the
summer of 2011 with the release of
“AGood Problem to Have.” While
that EP contains great songs that
hold up well, “Squaring Circles”
seems to take his songwriting to the
next level. This is pop rock done
right, appealing to a wide variety of
listeners and ready for radio play, yet
maintaining an emotional earnest-
ness and raw talent often lacking in
the mainstream.
The upbeat “Dance All Night”
opens the independently-produced
CD with a fun song about defying
age and staying out into the wee
hours of the morning, providing the
perfect clap-along party song before
entering the slow build-up of “Don’t
Go.” It starts simply with an acoustic
guitar, adding a steady drum beat
before the electric guitar and bass
join in. Just as he is overwhelmed
with feelings for his parting lover,
the song swells with trumpets and
heartfelt pleas.
The aforementioned “Steady As
She Goes” is the “run away with
me” ballad that avoids clichés and
goes right for the heart, while “12
O’clock” is the country-tinged tale
of a soldier calling home that goes
straight for the gut, soulfully mourn-
ing the passage of time as he holds
onto memories of long, late-night
strolls with his other half.
“Kiss Kiss Bang” delivers the
most lively and digestible declara-
tion of the “YOLO” attitude yet,
describing youthful “love on the
run,” and inspiring album closer
“Eyes Wide Open” has an accompa-
nying stop-motion animated video
that has reached over 100,000 views
on YouTube, refecting, much like
the lyrics, that Farley is on the cusp
of a major breakthrough: “On the
threshold of a great wide open / To
the future with eyes wide open.”
While the short EP leaves listeners
wanting more, the upside is a com-
plete lack of fller. Each song sticks
for all the right reasons and will
have audiences singing along by the
second chorus, though the simplic-
ity can be deceiving. There is much
more going on that can be absorbed
through future spins, but that, along
with Farley’s bright musical future,
is inevitable.
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Melodic Michigan metal monsters Pop
Evil follow up their 2011 album, “War of
Angels,” with their fourth studio release,
“Onyx” – a disc that captures the intensity of
their dynamic, livewire stage show, right down
to the last bead of wicked seed sweat that can
only come from such dark swagger. Pop Evil
rough-hands Nickelback’s heaviest moments,
mixing it with the arena-level connection of
Shinedown and the tortured, electro-metallic
visions pioneered by artists like Trent Reznor,
resulting in their own addictive, sweet-sound-
ing catharsis.
Produced by heavy rock mastermind John-
ny K, who’s responsible for some of Disturbed
and Sevendust’s best recorded sonic brutality,
“Onyx” is indeed a little darker and edgier
than your standard modern rock fare. “Onyx”
features tracks like “Goodbye My Friend,” an
emotionally exhaustive rocker where vocalist
Leigh Kakaty begs the question, “How did it
end, inside this living hell we’re in?” “Trench-
es” pairs some of the most sinister Malcolm
Young-meets-Killswitch Engage guitar riffs
along with light programming amid Kakaty’s
rap-like delivery, offering the perfect middle
fnger for when push comes to shove (“Stand
up, wake up, I won’t give up”).
“Divide” is a glimpse of what Linkin Park
would sound like without the synths, keys, and
loops – simply unrestrained anger and blind
defance. Pop Evil affxes heart to sleeve with
softer, but no less gripping tracks like “Silence
and Scars” – admitting to past wrongs and
a sense of closure with not having all the
answers, eventually coming to the realization
that “we’re just left helpless.” “Behind Closed
Doors” treads similarly unsettling, hair-trigger
anxiety territory with Kakaty vocalizing, “I
know the sound of your worst fears.”
With a scathing sense of ever-climaxing
melodic tension and cutthroat energy, Pop
Evil seems bent on soaking every ounce of
their musical essence into roughly 45 minutes
of audio – a viciously deviant trip from true
“rock stars” on the rise.
-Mark Uricheck, Weekender Correspondent
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The opening track on The Wonder Years’
third release, “The Greatest Generation,” starts
with singer Dan Campbell singing as softly
as ever. “I’m sorry I don’t laugh at the right
time,” he almost whispers. As the line closes,
the song fully kicks into full swing, but some-
thing is different. There is no toe-tapping, fast-
paced, chorus. Instead, at frst, listeners get a
light guitar riff and an easygoing feel.
It’s not bad by any means; it’s just different,
until Campbell repeats the same line about a
minute later. At that point, the guns start blar-
ing, and The Wonder Years we all know and
love kicks in.
When they followed debut record “The
Upsides” with “Suburbia,” they proved their
arrival was not a fuke and that they are able
to build upon their sound, yet still grow and
mature with their audience.
This was great until it lead to what seemed
like unbearable pressure for the band’s latest
release. With every fan flled with unreach-
able expectations, The Wonder Years were
bound to tank with their third release, right?
Wrong.
First single “Passing Through a Screen
Door” proves the group can build on its past
sound, yet still grow musically – a tough task
for any artist.
The Wonder Years have always been
known to write personal records that connect
with a lot of young adults. “The Greatest
Generation” does just that.
Filled with Philadelphia references and
heartfelt screams, TWY put together one of
the better rock albums of 2013. “Teenage
Parents” is written from the perspective of the
child, and “Dismantling Summer” deals with
vices young adults face today.
There isn’t a song about being in college
or running into an ex-girlfriend, but instead
a bunch of little stories bundled together in
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Just Want to Sell Out My Funeral,” sews the
album up perfectly with a ton of twists and,
of course, references to past Wonder Years
melodies and lyrics.
-Matt Morgis, Weekender Correspondent
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Pop Evil deliver
dark, deviant rock
Wonder Years reach
great new heights
8. Krewella: ‘Alive’
7. Demi Lovato: ‘Heart Attack’
6. Rihanna/Mikky Ekko: ‘Stay’
5. Calvin Harris/Florence Welch:
‘Sweet Nothing’
4. Macklemore/Ryan Lewis: ‘Can’t
Hold Us’
3. Bruno Mars: ‘When I Was Your
Man’
2. P!nk/Nate Ruess: ‘Just Give Me
a Reason’
1. Justin Timberlake: ‘Mirrors’
1. Rod Stewart: ‘Time’
2. Lady Antebellum: ‘Catch A
Falling Star’
3. Pink: ‘Truth About Love’
4. Michael Buble: ‘To Be Loved’
5. Rob Zombie: ‘Venomous Rat
Regeneration Vendor’
6. Macklemore: ‘Heist’
7. Various: ‘Now 46 That’s What I
Call Music’
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Housing
nearly a dozen
stages, Jazz
Fest offers
enough music
to pacify any
music fan
from country
and bluegrass, to reggae and
straightforward rock ‘n’ roll.
While the main stage lineup for
the second weekend featured
A-list acts like Fleetwood Mac,
Maroon 5, and The Black Keys,
if one wandered around the
festival grounds, a slew of other
lesser-known acts were deliver-
ing some of the best sets of the
weekend, including Galactic,
who turned in a funky hour-long
show featuring an appearance by
vocalist Corey Glover of Living
Colour.
Traversing between mul-
tiple stages can prove to be a
daunting task – especially with
crowds exceeding 100,000 – but
being able to take a fve-minute
walk from watching Maroon 5
on one stage to see the legend-
ary Willie Nelson on another is
certainly a nice reward, though
having so many stages running
simultaneously can cause a bit
of frustration for fans hoping to
catch a full set by their favorite
acts. For instance, Saturday,
May 4 had Fleetwood Mac,
Phoenix, Frank Ocean, and Los
Lobos sharing the same times-
lot, but having a true Jazz Fest
experience ultimately leads to
catching brief snippets of certain
acts and planning your route to
catch others playing at the same
time.
For those who did stick it out
for their favorite acts, the music
did not disappoint. Fleetwood
Mac, arguably the headliner
of the second weekend, put
together a set chockfull of hits,
including “Second Hand News,”
“Tusk,” “Rhiannon,” an exqui-
site “Landslide,”
which show-
cased Stevie
Nicks’ still crisp
voice, and a
pounding “Go
Your Own Way,”
which turned
into one of the
loudest sing-
alongs of the
weekend. Earlier
on Thursday,
a reunited
Widespread
Panic trudged
through a rain
storm with a
fery set, includ-
ing “Climb to
Safety,” “Black-
out Blues,” and
a fne take on
Traffc’s “Dear
Mr. Fantasy.”
On Sunday,
popular alt-rockers The Black
Keys played one of the more
lively sets of the festival with
upbeat crowd favorites like
“Howlin’ For You,” “Dead and
Gone,” “Little Black Subma-
rines,” and a driving “Lonely
Boy.” Later in the evening,
New Orleans favorites Trom-
bone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
brought the festival to a close
with a charging 90-minute set
full of funk, blues, rock, and
brass. While his name may not
be too familiar in NEPAyet,
Trombone Shorty is proving
himself to be a force on the up-
and-coming list and will prob-
ably be reaching a much bigger
audience in the very near future.
Aside from the music, Jazz
Fest distinguishes itself from
other festivals in various ways,
including ground performers,
parades, and most importantly,
the southern cooking that has
helped New Orleans establish
itself as a culinary hotspot. Sure,
there’s standard fare of burgers,
soft pretzels, and Sno-Cones,
but Jazz Fest may be the only
festival where you’re able to
catch your favorite bands while
indulging in soft-shell crab po’
boys, alligator jambalaya, and
more variations of shrimp than
any person can handle. It’s al-
most enough to make the music
seem like the backdrop for the
weekend.
With an early ending time of 7
p.m., Jazz Fest somewhat serves
as a catalyst for the New Or-
leans night scene, with many of
the acts playing clubs or theaters
after the festival concludes. For
those who wanted more music,
the city offered late-night head-
lining gigs with everyone from
Robert Randolph and the Family
Band and The Black Crowes to
George Clinton and Parliament
Funkadelic, albeit for a small
price. Even in the French Quar-
ter, there were multiple clubs
featuring the brass and funk
bands that have become part of
the New Orleans sound.
After more than forty years,
the New Orleans Jazz & Heri-
tage Festival is still one of the
biggest festivals in our country.
The music, food, people, and
– this year – the mud, helped
uphold its tradition of being a
yearly destination for people
from almost every state. For
anyone looking for a relax-
ing, music-flled, and delicious
vacation – to quote actor Woody
Harrelson, who was spotted
on the grounds this year – the
answer is simple: “F——-g Jazz
Fest!”
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New Orleans Jazz Fest still a summer highlight
By Ryan O’Malley
Weekender Correspondent
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Montage kicks off the summer
with Cabinet’s Old Farmers Ball
Repurposed wood boards soaked
up the luminous violets, greens, and
reds of the stage lights, providing a
rustic backdrop for the rich array of
talent that took the stage at the in-
augural Old Farmers Ball. Curated
by NEPAbluegrass band Cabinet –
JP Biondo, Pappy Biondo, Mickey
Coviello, Todd Kopec, Jami Novak,
and Dylan Skursky – and manager
Bill Orner, the festival, produced
by Live Nation, was held at Mon-
tage Mountain’s Toyota Pavilion in
Scranton on Saturday, May 11, fea-
turing many of the region’s favorite
national acts and local legends
previously billed with Cabinet.
Local strummer Kyle Morgan
kicked off the festival, followed by
Cabinet’s Pappy. The fddler was
joined by cousin and bandmate JP
Biondo for traditional bluegrass
songs “Mole in the Ground” and
“Tears Will Turn to Laughter.”
Scranton’s Coal Town Rounders
– Jason Zarnowski, Ian O’Hara,
Matthew Hiller, and Christopher
Kearney – strummed, plucked, and
harmonized through a set of old
timey tunes. The crowd swayed
along as Kearney tossed his voice
like a lasso, covering “The Shape
I’m In” as dancers flled the foor.
The name Old Farmers Ball isn’t
just a nod to Cabinet song “Old
Farmers Mill.” The event featured
a merchant’s row, including a
seasonal farmers market, local
artisan vendors, and an open-air art
display, the Grateful Gallery, which
featured touring concert posters and
music photography among other
original works. There was also a
family-friendly kids’ corner. Old
Farmers Ball offered an exceptional
selection of food vendors – mixed
among the beer and pretzel stands
were baked goods, farm-fresh eggs,
crisp apples, hummus, and leafy
greens.
The crowd had developed an ap-
petite for more than bread and beer.
With the exception of a few sur-
prise gigs, And the Moneynotes –
Mike Quinn, Mitch Williams, Brian
Craig, Pat Finnerty, Setty Hopkins,
and Roy Williams – had been on
hiatus for years. The Scranton
favorites were reunited and ready
to put on a show. Holy Ghost Tent
Revival bassist Kevin Williams
looked forward to their set. “It’s
gonna be good – an enlightening
experience, as usual,” said Wil-
liams, whose band dedicated a song
to the Moneynotes in their own set.
“The Body in My Trunk”
sparked with the band’s spectacle,
while “Mimosa” intoxicated the
crowd. The Spinto Band’s Nick
Krill played guitar on a raucous
“My Kid Smokin,’” while Scran-
ton RailRiders baseball mascot,
Champ, danced upstage.
Quinn dipped into a Cajun
bellow for “Swamp Rock” as Cabi-
net’s Pappy struck lighting on his
fddle. The sweet “Ms. Edison” sent
the audience spinning and dancing
at the foot of the stage before Nick
Driscoll’s sax ushered in a funky
rendition of “APirate’s Confession
Part III.” Foot-stomper “Eliza Jane”
warmed up the band for the end of
the set – two of the zaniest songs
in the Moneynotes catalog, drawn
out into a jam, featuring kamikaze
vaudeville dancing by percussionist
Hopkins.
North Carolina’s Holy Ghost
Tent Revival – singer Stephen Mur-
ray, guitarist Matt Martin, bassist
Kevin Williams, drummer Ross
Montsinger, and horn section Hank
Widmer and Charlie Humphrey –
scattered a few old favorites among
their newer songs from 2012’s
“Sweat Like the Old Days.” The
band has creatively grown away
from their down-home bluegrass
tunes and hits from their 2009 LP
“So Long I Screamed,” like the
quick and catchy “Getting Over
Your Love” and the tambourine-
laden “Needing You.”
“We used to be more bluegrass-
oriented,” recalled Martin. “We had
a banjo with us the last time you
heard us, probably, but now we’re
writing more rock-inspired tunes.”
They’ve pulled infuence from
the likes of Dr. Dog and The Band,
and though their roots are still
showing, HGTR brought a bright
bit of rock to the Ball on Saturday.
Martin hopes that the move to
include more rock elements proves
accessible to different crowds.
“You’ve got two guitars – two
electric guitars, as opposed to an
acoustic guitar and a banjo. It cuts
through to the core a little more.”
MiZ, known for his acoustic
circuit, played the other end of
the spectrum, reprising his role as
festival veteran and bringing his
backing band to fll the Toyota
Pavilion with a striking electric set.
Brooklyn’s Grammy-nominated
Americana group, Yarn, brought
the steady beat of well-crafted
alt-country jams and the ferce
mandolin of rootsy grooves, includ-
ing a few songs off their 2013
release, “Almost Home,” that kept
the audience spinning and stomping
along. Cabinet started off with the
hooting, hollering, and hat-tossing
of “Old Farmers Mill” before the
ensemble mellowed seamlessly into
their staple grooves, including sev-
eral songs from their latest album,
“Leap.” The hosts played an array
of fan favorites, from “Nashville
Blues” to “Shady Grove” to “Dia-
mond Joe” to “Eleanor.”
Cabinet’s Old Farmers Ball was
an enormous success, thrilling
not only fans but the bands and
vendors, too. “We had an amaz-
ing time at the Old Farmers Ball
and got to be a part of something
really special,” gushed Alchemy
Home Company’s Stacy Giova-
nucci. Alchemy’s stand featured
some of their all-natural cleaning
products and original fragrances.
“It was wonderful to get to share
our unique products with so many
talented people and dedicated mu-
sic fans.” The creative team at Al-
chemy crafted event-specifc scents
and debuted them at the festival.
“We adore Cabinet and creat-
ing scent stories, so when we
were asked to be a vendor at Old
Farmers Ball, we thought, what
could be more fun than trying to
capture Cabinet’s music in scent?!”
The unisex scent is drenched in
bourbon, padded with hay and
sweet grass, and dances with hints
of cannabis, beer, and barn wood.
“I’m pretty much elated,” smiled
Cabinet’s JP Biondo. “I’m really
glad that we’re kind of bull-heading
this cool little thing in Scranton.
It’s nice, and I have to give some
props to Bill Orner for that and to
Live Nation for really getting this
going.”
Hopefully, the Old Farmers Ball
will continue the momentum of its
debut and roll into next year.
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The Knoxville, Tenn. quintet
playing at Brews Brothers West on
May 19 may call themselves 10
Years, but they’ve been working
for much longer than a decade to
hone their alternative metal sound
and earn a fan base independent of
big labels and creative restrictions.
After three albums on a major
label, 10 Years broke away and
formed Palehorse Records, record-
ing their latest release, “Minus
the Machine,” at drummer and
guitarist Brian Vodinh’s Kashmir
Recording. Before the band’s Sun-
day performance, Vodinh talked to
The Weekender via e-mail about
taking that leap and its affect on
the band and its album.
THE WEEKENDER: How
did the group frst form, and
how did you decide on the name
of the band?
BRIAN VODINH: The group
formed when I was around 16 or
17 years old. It formed out of a
group of friends who happened to
all play instruments who decided
to try to make music together. We
actually booked our frst show
back in 1999 but did not have a
name yet. After we came up with
dozens of names that we ulti-
mately passed on, we decided on
10 Years. It was a song title at the
time, but we liked it for the band
name.
W: What made things really
take off after Jesse Hasek came
on as your singer?
BV: Right before Jesse came
on as our singer, we had decided
to devote 110 percent to the band.
Everyone had day jobs, and we
were all broke, but we felt it was
time to push things to the next
level. Our vocalist at the time
just had other aspirations that he
wanted to pursue, so he moved on
and we were then left looking for
a new singer. We found Jesse and
he was luckily on the same page
as the rest of us.
W: You guys went from work-
ing with a major label to going
independent. Is that just the way
the music industry is going?
BV: Yes. Major labels are a
graveyard for most rock bands.
Major labels are concerned with
their bottom dollar, and genres
like hip-hop and pop better suit
the criteria for most major labels.
Rock bands need time to develop
and time to cut their teeth on the
road. Trying to nurture the career
of a legit rock band is usually a
job better suited for the band and
their team, not an executive from a
major corporation.
W: What was it like starting
your own label?
BV: Starting our own label
was something that we could not
have done without the help of our
management team. They, luckily,
house the infrastructure that was
necessary to pull off such an en-
deavor. Aside from being sure that
the proper business decisions are
being made, our biggest concern
was just to ensure that we hold
onto our creative integrity.
W: Did you end up starting
your own studio, Kashmir, to
record the “Minus the Machine”
independently, or did you start
the studio before that?
BV: I had been wanting to start
my own studio before “Minus the
Machine,” but it worked out that
this was the perfect time for it. I
used to be an engineer in a studio,
and I had produced other acts and
written for numerous other proj-
ects, so having my own studio is
the single best thing I could have
done for myself and my career.
W: What inspired the songs
on this record?
BV: Inspiration comes from
any and everywhere. Honestly,
we were really inspired by the
newfound freedom we could sink
our teeth into from starting our
own label.
W: Did making the album
yourselves change the record
thematically at all?
BV: The only difference was
that we did whatever we wanted.
Depending on who the outside
producer is, sometimes they tell
you to change certain lyrics or
something like that. There was
none of that this time. Only us
critiquing ourselves.
W: Do you think it would
have turned out differently if
you hadn’t self-produced?
BV: Absolutely. Most of these
songs would not have even been
written. Since we wrote and
recorded simultaneously, so much
of the music and vocals just came
out of the process. Most produc-
ers want to hear fnished demos
before starting to record an album,
so we probably would have writ-
ten totally different songs had we
gone about this process differently.
W: 10 Years has experimented
with different sounds over
the years. Is there ever a fear
of what fans will think when
you’re moving in different direc-
tions?
BV: We have joked that certain
songs might gain or lose fans, but
we don’t genuinely fear that. I
know for a fact that it is a 100 per-
cent impossibility that we could
ever please everyone. People will
always fnd something that they
don’t like about you! We just
make music that we love and go
from there.
W: How has this current tour
been going since it started ear-
lier this month?
BV: The tour is going well. We
are enjoying getting some spring
time festivals under our belt as
well… We are playing some songs
that we haven’t played in a long
time, and we are just up there hav-
ing fun!
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Tennessee-based band 10 Years recently went independent
with its new album ‘Minus the Machine.’
10 Years breaks away
from labels, limitations
By Rich Howells
Weekender Editor
10 Years with Graces Downfall:
May 19, 6 p.m., Brews Broth-
ers West (75 Main St., Luzerne).
$13-$15.
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Thirst T’s: Kevin Vest
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Saturday:
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Arturo’s: The Dawgs
Bart and Urby’s: That 90’s Band
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Gravity Inn: Mr. Echo
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Thirst T’s: Farley
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Brews Brothers, Luzerne: 10 Years w/ opening act Ourafter
Carey’s Pub: Karaoke w/ DJ Santiago
The Getaway Lounge: Mr. Echo
Irish Wolf Pub: Dave Brown
Lower End: Bike Day
Metro: Strawberry Jam 7p
Woodlands: 90 Proof w/ DJ Fritz
Monday:
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Tuesday:
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Grotto, Harveys Lake: The Blend
Hops & Barleys: Aaron Bruch
Jim McCarthy’s: Wanna B’s Karaoke
Metro: Karaoke 8-12
Tommy Boys: Open Mic
Woodlands: Dodge City Duo at SKYY V DeckBar
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He’s tattooed, has shaved
his head during the course of
his run on “Hell’s Kitchen,”
and, unfortunately, was booted
from the competition this past
Monday night.
Fortunately for area residents,
however, Chef Barret Beyer
of the popular cooking reality
show will come to the area on
May 20, cooking a three-course
meal at a brand new establish-
ment in Plains Township.
279 Bar & Grill is the newest
eatery/watering hole to pop up,
one that Jim Guasto is executive
chef and general manager for.
“We’re taking things in a new
and different direction,” he said
of the bar, which opened with
its new name two weeks ago.
“We’ve got premium spirits,
fne food, and live entertain-
ment.”
Though the Friday and
Saturday entertainment will be
varied, there is a regular house
band that appears on Mondays,
a blues night on Wednesdays,
and a country trio of Alicia
Lynn, Jody Busch, and Bruce
Feist on Thursdays.
“We want to serve our food
all day long and, at night,
transform into a music scene,”
Guasto said.
Currently the lunch menu
is served from morning until
night, but Guasto is working on
putting together dinner features
nightly.
“I will run them until they run
out. I’m not freezing anything;
it’s all going to be fresh food,”
he said.
Guasto worked with Chef
Michael Langdon, also of
Season 11 of “Hell’s Kitchen,”
which is how he got hooked
up with Beyer. Guasto plans
to have many more “Hell’s
Kitchen” chefs come through
his restaurant for special nights
of cooking.
This time around,
Beyer will make several
scrumptious plates, from
vodka-famed black tiger
shrimp to tequila and
caper cream sauce and
beer-battered strawber-
ries.
Season 11 flm-
ing wrapped up eight
months ago but is still
airing on Fox. Beyer, 35,
who is currently a chef
at Bread & Butter Bistro
in Holtsville, N.Y., is a
Long Island native who
attended Long Island’s
prestigious Culinary
Academy upon comple-
tion of his service to the United
States Coast Guard.
Beyer took a moment to chat
with us about life as a chef,
how “Hell’s” has changed him,
and what it’s like to work with
chef Gordon Ramsey, a man
notorious for a temper that gets
so hot it puts any type of heat in
the kitchen to shame.
THE WEEKENDER: What
was it like being on “Hell’s
Kitchen?”
BARRET BEYER: It was a
once in a lifetime opportunity,
unbelievable. To have a mentor
like (Chef Ramsey) training
me in the kitchen, I can’t even
explain it. When I frst saw him,
I had a tear in my eye. I’ve met
many celebrities in my life but
have never been star-struck.
When I met him, I was beside
myself.
W: It’s safe to assume you
were a fan of the show before-
hand, then?
BB: “Hell’s Kitchen” is actu-
ally the reason I got into cook-
ing. I was watching the show,
watching people run around the
kitchen, and I thought, “Hey,
I can do that. I know how to
cook.” I’m a go-getter. If I see
something happen in my head, I
go and I make it happen.
W: What was the most chal-
lenging thing about being on
the show?
BB: Just dealing with the dif-
ferent personalities in the kitch-
en and getting to know what
Chef Ramsey’s standards are.
In the outside world, you think
something is good enough, but
it’s really not when you’re put-
ting it in front of Chef Ramsey.
His standards are set so high;
you have to make sure every-
thing is on point, otherwise it’s,
“Hey you, come here, taste this.
Taste this.” If he says, “Taste
this,” it’s not a good thing.
W: Is there more to him
than the screaming man
TV audiences have come to
know?
BB: When we’re not in the
kitchen, getting ready to do
the challenge, he’s not yelling.
When I shaved my head on the
show, we cracked a big laugh.
He does have a certain person-
ality outside the kitchen, but
when he’s in the kitchen, it’s
go time. He’s got to set the stan-
dard and make it perfect.
W: Do you have any advice
for aspiring chefs?
BB: The only thing I would
tell anybody, and I’m hoping to
be an inspiration to people, is
to not put a lid on what you’re
capable of. Don’t get discour-
aged. This is a tough industry
to be working in. Just work as
hard as you can, don’t give up,
and you’ll make it happen.
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Chef Barret Beyer
‘Hell’ leads to heavenly dishes
for 279 Bar & Grill
By Sara Pokorny
Weekender Staff Writer
279 Bar & Grill, 279 S.
River St., Plains Township.
570.235.1037. facebook.
com/279BandG
Hours: Mon: 6 p.m.-2 a.m.;
Tues.-Fri., 11 a.m.-2 a.m.;
Sat.-Sun., noon-2 a.m.
Chef Barret Beyer will appear
on the evening of May 20.
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Baz Luhrmann’s caffeinated inter-
pretation of “The Great Gatsby” is
sumptuous to behold – conspicuous
consumption come to life. It leaves
you feeling slightly depressed. Gats-
by, a man whose fortune is based on
smoke and mirrors, is not a heroic
fgure, yet Luhrmann celebrates
artifce at the cost of substance. Like
Gatsby’s life, the movie is a regular
Belasco.
If you read the book in high
school, you know that last line isn’t a
compliment. And you also know the
plot, the bones of which remain the
same. Set in 1922, Nick Carraway
(Tobey Maguire) is the working
class go-between for two estranged
lovers: his neighbor, enigmatic
millionaire Jay Gatsby (Leonardo
DiCaprio), and Nick’s cousin, fap-
per ingénue Daisy Buchanan (Carey
Mulligan). Gatsby is part of the new
money millionaires in West Egg,
Long Island, while Daisy is nestled
in the inherited wealth of East Egg.
Abody of water is not the only
thing separating them. Years have
passed since Daisy and Gatsby’s
last rendezvous, when he was a poor
doughboy and she was a Kentucky
belle. She’s now fully entrenched in
her life with Tom (Joel Edgerton),
a polo-playing brute who regularly
cheats on her. Gatsby, who has got-
ten everything he felt was owed him,
doesn’t realize that you can’t acquire
the past. The debt is too high.
“The Great Gatsby” is still a
staple of school reading lists because
those themes hold true today.
Society operates on the fallacy that
our happiness can be purchased; we
embrace the past with each remake
and nostalgia-tinged comeback.
Luhrmann supports the packag-
ing behind this thought, but not the
content. Spectacle and cartoonish
booziness are the movie when it
should be a complement. The sizzle
isn’t the steak.
Luhrmann uses the book’s setting
to practice his jazzy, amped-up
technique instead of commenting
on contemporary life or adding to
our appreciation of what we already
know. (Either way, having Jay-Z
songs pepper the soundtrack does
not count.) The director captures
Gatsby’s raucous parties and the
luxuriousness of being indescribably
rich – I love how Tom and Daisy’s
butlers act in synch, and the Lucky
Charms rainbow of Gatsby’s shirts
that shower Daisy – but he rarely ex-
pands upon the images he presents.
Most of Luhrmann’s shots rarely
do more than look good. Anyone can
do that, even Michael Bay. Great
flmmakers use scenes as dialogue:
“Up” told the history of a marriage
in four heart-breaking minutes; the
pain of Travis Bickle’s phone call to
Betsy in “Taxi Driver” is expressed
by the camera moving away from
this poor, hurt soul. That kind of
artistic subtlety is not Luhrmann’s
forte, so we are told every emotion,
courtesy of Nick’s narration. What’s
Luhrmann’s interpretation of the ma-
terial? I have no idea, but everything
sure looks glittery.
Some things shatter the facade.
DiCaprio has never looked more like
a movie star while displaying the
vulnerability that keeps him around.
Luhrmann shoots Mulligan in soft,
angelic colors, so we learn what
Gatsby doesn’t: she’s impossible to
grasp. Mulligan, a frst-rate actress,
captures Daisy’s fragility. Daisy
and Gatsby are fghting a hopeless
war against reality and priorities. It
would have been nice if Luhrmann
were an ally.
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Ross Mathews entered the
business with nary a gay role
model to look up to, and now
he is one.
Mathews hits the books,
new talk show to debut
Over 12 years ago, Ross
Mathews was fetching coffee as
a “Tonight Show” intern when
he was approached with an op-
portunity that would prove to be
the biggest break in his career:
producers asked him to cover
the red carpet for the premiere
of “Ocean’s 11” when another
comedian couldn’t make it. De-
spite his self-doubts, Mathews
went in to the project with a
plan.
“I’m self-aware. I know that
when I open my mouth and start
talking on this national televi-
sion show, that the audience
was gonna start laughing at
me,” Mathews told me in studio
on “The Ralphie Show.” “I
decided… just make sure you
get them laughing with you by
the end.”
Jay Leno’s audience laughed
as Mathews befriended some of
the biggest names in Hollywood
at star-studded events, and soon
Mathews grew an audience of
his own. He now is set to debut
a new talk-show on E!, and is
making the media rounds to pro-
mote his new book, “Man Up!
Tales of My Delusional Self-
Confdence.” His success can
be attributed to not just Leno’s
confdence in him, but also that
of comedian Chelsea Handler.
“Most comics are kind of in-
secure,” explained Mathews, “so
I’ve been in luck with not only
Jay Leno, of course, but now
people are seeing with Chelsea
like, everyone can win. That’s
something she says all the time.
There’s room for everybody.
When she’s gone, she lets me
guest host her show.”
But the entertainer said that
while Handler has a sweet side,
she ultimately isn’t that different
from what her audience sees on
TV nightly.
“She’s exactly the same,” he
said. “She is biting, and hilari-
ous.”
Handler recognized Mathews
rising star by offering him both
the opportunity to write this
book and shoot a pilot for the
aforementioned talk show. His
program will debut this fall.
“’Man Up!’ I defne as this:
yunno you are what you are
what you are, and you have to
celebrate what makes you differ-
ent,” he said. “I think you have
to use what makes you different
to stand out… because that’s
when things really happen.”
Mathews cautions that while
his tale is one of a small-town
boy who grew up on a farm and
is gay, the moral of the story
doesn’t concern your sexual
orientation. But, when you look
back at where entertainment was
12 years ago when Mathews
frst entered our TV sets, it is
almost unfathomable.
“This is before ‘Will and
Grace,’ before ‘Queer Eye
for the Straight Guy,’” recalls
Mathews. “I remember being
a kid and not knowing what a
happy, successful, grown-up,
gay person looked like.”
Now, all someone has to do is
look at Mathews to see how one
fts that description.
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nAted to Albright memoriAl librAry.
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Failing ‘Adulthood’
Sometimes our laughter can-
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realized Grandma’s blush was
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and rapidly fading dreams?
Would you rather eat hummus
or cheese than have sex with
somebody who doesn’t read
books, drinks protein shakes, or
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frst apartment to body image.
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greater remedy than laughter.
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Spidey may not have been the one running the bases when
Rich visited the newly revamped baseball stadium in Lacka-
wanna County, but he found himself drawn to the collecting
pastime before his comic book days.
How I stopped worrying and
learned to tolerate baseball
Last week, I took my frst trip
to PNC Field since the over $40
million renovation of the Moosic
stadium. It made me rethink, albeit
briefy, my self-imposed exile from
sports.
Much in the same way I now
obsess about comic books, I used
to avidly collect baseball cards. At
frst, I think I was just a kid who
liked to amass cool-looking pictures
and neatly place them in albums,
but with my grandfather being a
spirited sports fan and my father
regularly taking me to local games
and conventions (including a trip to
the National Baseball Hall of Fame
and Museum), I learned to appreci-
ate baseball as more than a hobby
and its players as more than just
pin-striped celebrities.
That changed starting in 1993
with Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan
Ryan’s retirement, one of the last
great heroes in baseball for me.
I wasn’t aware of, nor did I care
about, his political beliefs at the
time – I just enjoyed following his
record-breaking seven no-hitters
and complete lack of personal con-
troversy; he seemed like a decent,
talented guy worth looking up to.
When a strike cancelled the 1994
World Series, my loyalty to the
sport began to actively fade.
It seemed like everyone was in
it for the money now, to the point
where they would break this great
American tradition over pure greed,
and no rising star seemed to com-
pare to those honored in Cooper-
stown. The 1998 home run battle
between Mark McGuire and Sammy
Sosa to break Roger Maris’ record
briefy caught my attention, but the
resulting steroid scandal solidifed
why my interests veered elsewhere.
Locally, I fondly remember
the Red Barons’ games when the
Triple-Ateam was still tied to the
Philadelphia Phillies, a team I also
traveled to see a few times. The fun
faded once again when the team
became the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Yankees in late 2006. The New
York Yankees, with their exorbitant
wealth and reputation as the Evil
Empire, certainly weren’t going to
change my views on baseball at this
point, and the owners’ subsequent
behavior towards fans and Lacka-
wanna County taxpayers, playing
hardball over franchise ownership
and millions in stadium restoration,
didn’t do them any favors.
Admittedly, the makeover was
sorely needed, and the rebranding
of the team as the RailRiders made
the Yankee overlords a bit easier
to tolerate, though I wasn’t about
to run out and buy tickets. I hadn’t
set foot in that building since the
Barons played there, and it had
been many years since I had even
caught a few minutes of a game on
television. Ever since the “X-Men”
animated series debuted on Fox in
1992, I became a comic book geek
through and through, and the only
kids I knew who enjoyed sports
were the same jocks who picked on
me, leaving little to love or identify
with beyond those collectible cards.
Accepting an offer of free tickets
to a RailRiders game last week, I
was fnally able to appreciate the
renovation of Lackawanna County
Stadium, now PNC Field, frst-
hand, and many of the sights I took
in reminded me of my previous
fandom. I looked around in awe at
the new seating and open layout
that allows fans to sit right in the
“home run zone.” I watched mascots
and uniformed employees excitedly
dance, sing, and hold contests for
free prizes. I noticed ushers cheering
fans on as they leapt to catch foul
balls and t-shirts shot from a cannon
as kids played in their own area
flled with infatable bounce houses.
Grabbing a hot dog and an ice
cream served in a souvenir helmet
made me forget the off-and-on rain
and casually enjoy the game, which
was much less eventful than its
surroundings. At this point in my
life, however, I wasn’t there to make
amends and renew my appreciation
for the “Great American Pastime” –
I was just there to take in the good
and ignore the bad.
Funny enough, I’m doing the
same with comics now. As an adult,
one sees the other side of the indus-
try, which is famous for screwing
its creators out of credit and money
while raking in billions from movie
adaptations, cartoons, and boatloads
of overpriced merchandise. It’s an
unsteady balance between artistry
and big business, and the latter tends
to win out, particularly since comics
went completely mainstream once
Hollywood got heavily involved. I
can’t ignore the corruption behind
the panels, but I can appreciate the
genuine writing and innovative
artwork in them, free of scandal and
full of timeless imagination.
Every day, another headline
emerges about nasty contract negoti-
ations or shocking storylines simply
crafted to sell more books, but I still
fnd that more comic creators are in
it for the love of the art than base-
ball players are for the love of the
sport, so I don’t plan on switching
teams any time soon. I will, on the
other hand, understand when some
of my friends choose a game over a
midnight movie release, as it’s really
about fnding the fun amongst the
uncomfortable details.
-Rich Howells is a lifelong Mar-
vel Comics collector, wannabe Jedi
master, and cult flm fan. E-mail him
at [email protected].
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Ah, doughnuts. For some,
they’re a daily coffee break nosh.
For others, a forbidden treat you
might try to sneak.
For Arthur, they’re bread
and butter, the wares he sells in
the little shop his dad founded
decades ago.
If you want to think about
symbolism, actor James Goode
pointed out, doughnuts have
holes and so do the characters in
“Superior Donuts,” the play the
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble is
presenting through May 19.
“Everyone seems to have a
hole in themselves that needs to
be flled,” said Goode, who por-
trays doughnut merchant Arthur.
“He’s kind of a burned out old
hippie… He sees his life as at a
dead end, and he’s not yet 60.”
The character was a draft
dodger who avoided service in
Vietnam, and that may be when
his troubles started, director
Elizabeth Dowd said.
“At a critical moment, he did
not fght but evaded,” she noted.
“You don’t hear that much about
it, but you learn that he’s stuck,
and something about what hap-
pened during those turbulent
times is when he started getting
stuck.”
Brightening Arthur’s life,
Dowd said, are the “really color-
ful characters that come into his
shop, including the wonderful
Russian immigrant who owns the
DVD shop next store and a street
person named Lady.”
Then there’s his new assistant,
Franco, who has lots of ideas for
ways to improve things – from
the doughnut shop menu to
Arthur himself.
“It takes a lot to crack me up
on stage in performance,” Goode
said. “But there’s this one scene
where Franco is giving Arthur
makeover advice, trying to get
the old hippie to get with it a bit
more. It is so funny, I’m going to
have to have a handkerchief, and
if I start to giggle, I’m going to
bring it out.”
While neither Goode nor
Dowd wants to give away too
much of the plot, they said the
show is about second chances
and should have special appeal
for the men in the audience.
“The engine of the play fol-
lows friendships between men
of different generations and
different races,” Dowd said.
“The characters are so vivid, you
feel like you’re watching a really
well-written situation comedy. It
has a plotline that pulls you in.”
The play does have strong
language, she added. “It’s hard
language and a really good heart.
The journey of the play is a re-
ally rewarding journey.”
As an added treat for audience
members who journey to the
theater, Dalo Bakery of Berwick
will supply doughnuts for inter-
mission, just as it is supplying
doughnuts for props.
“I had some fritters after
rehearsal the other day,” Goode
said. “They were so good.”
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Courtesy Photo
The donuts in the show ‘Superior Donuts’ have a lot more
in common with the characters than one would think.
Doughnuts, characters all
have something missing
By Mary Therese Biebel
From the Times Leader
Superior Donuts by Blooms-
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p.m.; Alvina Krause Theatre
(226 Center St., Bloomsburg).
$11-$25. Info: 570.784.8181.
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By Amy Longsdorf
Weekender Correspondent
T
he first time
Leonardo DiCaprio
read “The Great
Gatsby,” he was
instantly intrigued by the
love story at the heart of the
novel. But years later, when he
revisited F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
Jazz Age cocktail, he found
himself appreciating the book
on a whole different level.
Narrated by the Fitzgerald-
esque Nick Carraway (Tobey
Maguire), the story concerns
the mysterious millionaire Jay
Gatsby (DiCaprio) and his
efforts to reignite the spark with
his now-married ex-girlfriend,
Daisy Buchanan (Carey
Mulligan).
“The Gatsby that I remember
reading when I was 15 years old
in junior high school was far
different from the Gatsby I read
as an adult,” says DiCaprio,
38. “What I remember from
my years in junior high was
this hopeless romantic who
was solely in love with this one
woman and created this great
amount of wealth to be able to
respectfully hold her hand.
“But then when I re-read it
as an adult, it was incredibly
fascinating [how it seemed
to change.] It is one of those
novels that is talked about a
hundred years later for a reason.
It’s nuanced, it’s existential, and
here at the center of [the book]
is this man that is incredibly
hollow and is searching for
some sort of meaning in his life.
“He’s attached himself to
this relic known as Daisy. She’s
a mirage. I was struck by the
sadness in him for the first
time, and I looked at him really
differently.”
As depicted in the $120
million film, the 1920s are
a time of loosening morals,
bootleg czars, endless parties,
and skyrocketing stocks. In the
middle of it all is Gatsby, a self-
made who is, in some sense, the
manifestation of the American
Dream.
“One really telling sequence
that we talked about a lot and,
for me, was really important
is the one where, after [Gatsby
builds] this great castle to lure
Daisy in, he’s still staring out at
the green light [across the bay].
He’s finally got her in his arms,
but he’s still searching for this
thing that he thinks is going
to complete him. That was the
Gatsby that I was incredibly
excited about playing as an
actor.”
From New
York to
Australia
“
The Great Gatsby” has
been filmed four times
before, most memorably
in 1974 with Robert Redford
and Mia Farrow in the roles of
Jay and Daisy. Baz Luhrmann’s
version, which opened the
Cannes Film Festival, is a
big departure from previous
adaptations thanks to the
lavishness of the film, the use
of 3D, and the contemporary
score performed by rapper – and
executive producer – Jay-Z, as
well as Bryan Ferry, Jack White,
Beyonce, and Florence + The
Machine.
Another element that
makes Luhrmann’s “Gatsby”
distinctive: it was filmed almost
entirely in the director’s native
Australia. Oddly enough, the
outside of Gatsby’s grand
mansion – “a Disneyland for
adults,” says the filmmaker
– was filmed at Luhrmann’s
old high school. (In the book,
the palace is located in Long
Island).
“What was interesting was
that our original intent was
to shoot in New York, and
for budgetary reasons, we
shipped the whole production
to Australia,” says DiCaprio,
who’ll next been seen in “The
Wolf of Wall Street,” which
marks his fifth collaboration
with Martin Scorsese.
“What was amazing about
shooting in Australia and
recreating this whole world
was the incredible enthusiasm
of all the people there. I think
it infused us with this great
energy. Every actor, besides
three or four, was Australian,
and the whole crew was
Australian.
“Everyone’s…work ethic was
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tireless, and I don’t think [the
movie] would have been infused
with the same energy and
passion if we hadn’t shot there.”
Behind the
wealth
D
iCaprio admits that,
from the get-go,
he identified with
Gatsby’s drive.
“Gatsby created himself
according to his own
imagination and dreams,” says
the actor. “He lifted himself
by his own bootstraps as a
poor youth in the Midwest and
created an image that is this
‘Great Gatsby.’
“It’s a truly American
story… Here is this emerging
democracy that is America in
the 1920s, and [Gatsby] wants
to emulate a Rockefeller of that
period, so he creates his wealth
in the underworld. This is a new
land, and it’s a very exciting
time. I think we can all relate
to the dreamer in Gatsby. Each
one of us gets excited by the
prospect of someone who has
that much ambition.”
DiCaprio feels as if, at least
in part, “The Great Gatsby”
is a cautionary tale about the
dangers of living only for status
and wealth.
“In a way, this book predicted
the great crash in the early
1930s in America. It’s a book
that talks about the great
opulence and wealth in America
in that time period and the idea
that the future is endless, [but
that we can’t] keep consuming
and living the way we do
without some consequences.
“[That’s something] we
encountered again in our
modern era… Fitzgerald was
very much commenting on
society and human nature and
the great pursuit of wealth. It’s a
timeless novel in that regard.”
Friendship
on and
off-screen
A
s soon
as DiCaprio was cast,
Luhrmann opted
to give the role of Carraway
to Maguire, who happens to
be DiCaprio’s best friend of
more than two decades. The
pair met in 1990 when they
were both auditioning for the
“Parenthood” series.
The casting of Maguire as
Carraway was a big boost
for DiCaprio. “For me, this
is American Shakespeare,”
says DiCaprio. “This is one of
the most celebrated novels of
all time, so to venture into a
project of this magnitude took
a core unit of trust for me to
feel comfortable, and to know
that somebody I’ve known for
20 years…was involved was
incredibly comforting.
“[Tobey and I] are always
extremely honest with each
other, and I don’t know if this
project would have happened
if we didn’t have that sort of
relationship because we needed
those checks and balances.”
Maguire was able to use the
warmth he feels for DiCaprio to
fuel his performance. “I
definitely have an affection for
Leo, so it’s easy for me to have
affection for Gatsby as Nick as
well,” notes the actor.
Luhrmann marveled at
the ease with which the two
performers communicated
both on and off the set. On
the first day of shooting, for
instance, the pair improvised
a moment that remains in the
finished film. The sequence
involved Gatsby and Nick
awaiting Daisy’s initial visit.
“I thought to put a locked
camera on a wide shot and
say, ‘Let’s not do the scene;
let’s just improvise,’” recalls
Luhrmann. “And Leonardo says
to [Maguire], ‘Those flowers are
lovely aren’t they? Do you think
it’s too much?’
“[Maguire] pauses and says,
“I think it’s what you want.”
And that moment is one of the
purest and most connective
moments in the film. I think it
comes from the depth of the
relationship [between Maguire
and DiCaprio]. It was funny
because it was one of the first
things we shot, and it’s one of
the most truthful and wonderful
moments of the film. So, there
was a grand value in the depth
of their friendship.”
It wasn’t just Leo and Tobey
who pitched in with dialogue.
According to Luhrmann,
Mulligan spent weeks
researching Zelda Fitzgerald
and socialite Ginevra King, the
two women who inspired the
character of Daisy Buchanan.
“We all went on an intense
research journey together,” says
Luhrmann. “Carey went down
to Princeton and we had experts
on speakeasies come in. [At
one point], Carey says to Leo,
‘I wish I had done everything
on Earth with you.’ That’s a line
from Zelda Fitzgerald’s love
letters to Scott.”
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J
ay Gatsby threw lavish
soirees that looked
like the party to end all
parties, yet each one topped the
next. Though it may seem like
a complicated affair to pull one
off on your own, it’s an easy
task even if you aren’t some
rich guy who uses $20 bills as
napkins. We present to you a
guide to Gatsby gatherings.
Drink it up
O
ne of the driving
factors in The Great
Gatsby is the fact that
this is the era of prohibition,
a national ban on the sale,
production, and transportation
of booze, so make sure to have
plenty of it. Bottles of straight-
up whiskey and gin and oceans
of champagne are good enough,
but if you want to snag some
drink recipes from the era,
consider these:
• Gin Rickey: Fill a highball
glass with 3/4 ice and pour
in one jigger of gin, the
juice of one lime, and 1/2
teaspoon of superfine sugar.
Stir, then fill the rest of the
glass with seltzer water and
garnish with a lime slice.
By Sara Pokorny
Weekender Staff Writer
• Highball: This can be done
many ways and is simple:
mix two ounces of whatever
spirit you desire, be it gin,
whiskey, or what you have,
and then two ounces of soda
to match.
• Old Fashioned: For those of
the whiskey persuasion, mix
two ounces of the spirit with
a splash of simple syrup,
bitters, and soda over ice,
then garnish with an orange
slice or cherry.
Get
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O
ne glance at a trailer
for the movie makes
it clear that outfits
were more like costumes in the
Roaring Twenties, so don’t hold
anything back when it comes to
getting dressed for the bash.
Women should throw on
traditional flapper dresses and
get crazy with head accessories
that are glittery or full of
feathers (or both, if you’re
daring). Deep red lipstick, art
deco accessories, and a bobbed
hairstyle (which can be faked if
you have longer locks) are also
bonuses.
Men should outfit themselves
in three-piece suits, don
suspenders, and top it off with
some type of hat. Apanama hat
is precisely what Gatsby’s shady
friend Meyer Wolfsheim wore
in this theatrical version, while
straw boater hats are what Nick
Carraway, Tom Buchanan, and
Gatsby himself used to shade
their eyes throughout the movie.
Put on
your
dancing
shoes
T
he Roaring Twenties
focused on jazz, so
breaking out some
vinyl wouldn’t be a bad thing.
Look for artists like King
Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Kid
Ory, and Duke Ellington. If it’ll
make you move your feet, have
at it.
Set the
mood
‘
Tis the season to hit up flea
markets, so try gathering
up as many antiques as you
can to throw about the place.
You can go glitzy and decorate
in silvers and golds, or give out
the speakeasy vibe by using
dark colors like maroon and
navy to further enunciate the
“hush hush” atmosphere of a
place that sells alcohol illegally.
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Turn to page 23 for a review
of “The Great Gatsby.”
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1 Largest continent
5 Humpty Dumpty
8 Carpet style
12 Like a
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apartment, often
14 Couturier Chanel
15 Food closets
16 Top-notch
17 Years on end
18 Disposition
20 Tine
23 Belch
24 Contained
25 Lingers
28 Hammarskjold of
the U.N.
29 Incites
30 Cistern
32 Weds
34 — E. Coyote
35 Carry a load
36 Mediterranean
island
37 Jellied incendiary
40Listener
41 First person
42 Bakery offerings
47 Zilch
48 North Carolina cape
49 Census data
50 Take to court
51 Navy-related (Abbr.)
DOWN
1 Dadaist painter
2 Aegean, e.g.
3 Hostel
4 Go to
5 Ireland
6 “Gosh!”
7 Movements
8 Shrimp dish
9 Hula- —
10 Zits
11 No stay-at-home
13 Kermit is one
19 Blunders
20 Third deg.
21 Paper quantity
22 Gymnast Korbut
23 Holder for cream
cheese and lox
25 Victories
26 Wicked
27 Sodium chloride
29 Caspian feeder
31 Afternoon gathering
33 Actor Ving
34 President Harding
36 Damon or Dillon
37 “Peter Pan” pooch
38 Work like —
39 Sheet of glass
40 Renaissance family
name
43 Junior Olympics org.
44 Savings-plan
acronym
45 Water (Fr.)
46 Former fast fier
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Nature Center
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570.836.3835.)
• Vosburg Neck FestiVal: JuNe 8, 10
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Hazleton Unico
• 6th aNNual bell ‘italia FestiVal: May
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peculiar Music Fest
to raise FuNds For the restoratioN
oF JeFFersoN park iN pittstoN: JuNe
22, 11 a.M.-11 p.M.. $10 doNatioN.
Features Music, Food FroM area
restauraNts, VeNdors, aNd FaMily-
FrieNdly actiVities.
Annunciation Greek
Orthodox Church
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beNeFits/charity eVeNts
5th aNNual golF tourNaMeNt
beNeFitiNg the 1st lt. JeFFrey depriMo
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American Cancer Society
relay For liFe eVeNts
• aMericaN caNcer society’s third
caNcer preVeNtioN study registra-
tioN: JuNe 15, NooN-4 p.M., robert bet-
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• “hawks 4 hope” kick caNcer
kickball tourNaMeNt: May 25, 10
a.M., coal street park soFtball
Field, wilkes-barre. $10, iNdiVidual
player; $70, teaM. For More iNFo call
570.704.9016, e-Mail hawks4hope570@
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luMiNaria cereMoNy oF hope: May
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luMiNaria caNdle. For More iNForMa-
tioN call 570.905.2540 or e-Mail
[email protected].
American Lung Association
• Fight For air walk: JuNe 8, kiNg’s
college betzler Fields, wilkes-barre.
For More iNFo Visit www.luNgiNFo.
org/wbwalk
Blue Chip Farms Animal Refuge
(974 lockVille rd., dallas,
570.333.5265, www.bcFaNiMalreFuge.
org)
• haircut FuNdraiser: May 19, 11
a.M.- 4 p.M., sports page (twiN stacks
ceNter, 1100 MeMorial highway,
dallas aNd 160 bostoN aVe., west
pittstoN). call For aN appoiNtMeNt at
570.675.2466 or 570.654.6114.
• dart tourNaMeNt: May 26, NooN,
Murphy’s pub, swoyersVille. $90 per
three-persoN teaM. sigN-ups FroM
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FuNdraiser to beNeFit holy cross
high school’s track aNd Field aNd
cross couNtry teaMs: JuNe 2, regis-
tratioN 7:30-8:15 a.M., race at 8:30.
begiNs holy cross high school (501 e.
driNker st., duNMore), eNds the guild
studios (400 wyoMiNg aVe., scraN-
toN). $20, pre-registratioN; $23, day
oF race; $8, 13 aNd uNder. For More
iNForMatioN coNtact 570.383.0961 or
eMail [email protected].
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(967 griFFiN poNd road, south abiNg-
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• Motorcycle ride: JuNe 9, registra-
tioN 9:30-11:30 a.M., starts at NooN,
electric city harley daVidsoN (route
6, dicksoN city), eNds at aJ’s club
soda (MaiN st., peckVille). $15, rider;
$5, passeNger. For More iNForMatioN
call greg, 570.351.5256 or NaNcy,
570.489.7923.
Memorial on the Square,
• iN hoNor oF Jerry MoraN, who died
iN the sept. 11 attacks: May 18, 6-10
p.M., polish club, scraNtoN. $10.
Make-A-Wish
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• 19th aNNual wish upoN a star
diNNer daNce aNd sileNt auctioN:
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at terraView. For reserVatioNs call
570.424.5081 by May 6.
NatioNal Multiple sclerosis society
• Ms walk: May 18, kirby park, wilkes-
barre. registratioN 10 a.M., walk
begiNs 11 a.M.
Tracey’s Hope
Hospice Care Program
and Domestic Animal Rescue
(570.466.7930, traceyshopeNMcdoN-
[email protected], petserVicesbydeNise.
com)
• 5th aNNual MeMorial pet walk: JuNe
1, 10-10:30 a.M. registratioN; 11 a.M.
pet blessiNg; 11:30 a.M. walk beiNgs.
registered walkers Must raise at
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Walk 2 Miles in my
Shoes for R.S.D.:
JuNe 9, registratioN NooN-1 p.M., walk
begiNs at 1, Mcdade park, scraNtoN.
$10. For More iNForMatioN or spoN-
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570.876.4034.
Wilkes-Barre Fire Department
Athletic Association
• 24th aNNual charity golF tourNa-
MeNt: May 19, 1 p.M., wilkes-barre
MuNicipal golF course (1001 Fairway
driVe, bear creek towNship). to regis-
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aT 570.885.3026.
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8th aNNual robert h. keNViN car
show:
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street by the garlaNd parkiNg lot).
registratioN 9 a.M. to NooN. pre-
seNted by the arbutus MasoNic lodge
No. 611. For More iNFo coNtact beN,
570.956.5059 or Jack, 570.582.9185.
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(570.876.4034)
• cruise Night: JuNe 7, July 5, aug. 2,
sept. 6, 6-9 p.M., adVaNce auto parts
(route 6, carboNdale).
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The “elders” who are gath-
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Broghamer’s sculpture of “The
Last Breakfast” sit at a long
table adorned with a real fabric
tablecloth and a drippy sunny-
side up egg.
The wood-turned-bowl by Ed
“Sonny” Jones of Pittston shows
off the natural grain of the burl
that grew on a brown mallee tree
in Australia.
And the kitten in Shirley
Trievel’s pastel piece is snoozing
comfortably, curled up alongside
the feet of a human buddy.
Those are just a few of the
details likely to fascinate and
charm you as you stroll through
the 2013 Fine Arts Fiesta, set for
May 16-19 on Public Square in
downtown Wilkes-Barre.
“It’s always very nicely pre-
sented,” said Rachael Goetzke,
an Osterhout Library staffer who
expects she’ll be helping out with
crafts under the children’s tent.
“I always enjoy looking at the
different artwork,” said festa fan
Sarah Berry, 23, of Plymouth.
“I’d feel I really missed out on
something if I didn’t go.”
Art fans like Berry will be sure
to admire Nancy Swiger’s pho-
tograph of a “Textured Tulip,”
which won not only frst place
for photography in the festa’s
adult juried competition, but also
“Best of Show.”
“It’s wonderful. It’s a differ-
ent kind of photograph,” contest
coordinator Gary Womelsdorf
said, noting the dreamy, almost
antique quality the photo exudes,
thanks in part to the color tones
and texture the artist added by,
as she said, “playing around with
software.”
This is the frst time in six
years that a photograph has gar-
nered the “Best in Show” award,
Womelsdorf noted.
Other frst place awards
include the intriguing sculpture
by Broghamer, who is from Forty
Fort; Jones’ wood piece, an oil
painting called “The Chemical
Wedding” by Dave Reinders of
Kingston; a watercolor image of
“Blue, Blue Water” by Lorraine
Elias of Plymouth; and Trievel’s
pastel rendering of a girl and a
kitten, titled “Good Company.”
With six grandchildren and
three cats of her own, Trievel
has plenty of opportunities for
inspiration.
Among the three pieces of art
she will have on display at the
festa, the one titled “Grae” is
a representation of her soon-
to-turn-three granddaughter,
Graesyn, while the others are
so loosely based on sketches
of other grandchildren that the
youngsters wouldn’t even recog-
nize themselves.
Trievel, who teaches art at
Meyers High School in Wilkes-
Barre, considers the festa “such
a nice tradition” and thoroughly
enjoys her visits there.
So does 17-year-old Amanda
Miller of Dallas, who has a
special reason to be excited about
this year’s offerings.
Three pieces that she submit-
ted to the festa’s junior/senior
high school art competition took
frst place, second place, and a
third award sponsored by The
Glen Lyon Art Studio.
“I’m really excited. I wasn’t
exactly expecting it,” said Miller,
who studies art with Sue Hand of
Dallas.
Miller’s prize-winning entries
depict the entrance of the “Vir-
ginia Hotel,” painted in acrylics;
a line of shops on a street in
Bar Harbor, Maine, rendered in
mixed media; and a New Jersey
beach scene, painted in water-
color.
The judge did not see the
names of the artists when she
was judging the student submis-
sions, Womelsdorf said, and was
somewhat surprised that the same
young artist took three out of the
26 awards
“Her work is terrifc,” Wom-
elsdorf commented.
Miller, who expects she’ll
major in engineering in college,
plans to study art as a minor.
Painting is “relaxing,” she
said. “It’s a good feel-
ing being able to work
on something you have
some sort of attachment
to and transform it into
artwork.”
Describing a typical
visit to the festa, she
said, “Normally I go
through the student art
tent and look through
all the (vendors’) tents.
I like the jewelry tents.
Then we go to the adult
art tent, and then we go
to the food.”
In that last category,
does she have a favor-
ite?
“Oh, the potato
pancakes,” she said.
“Defnitely.”
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Photo by Bill Tarutis
Fine Arts Fiesta art contests chair Gary Womelsdorf holds ‘Textured
Tulip’ by Nancy Swiger, Wilkes-Barre, winner of Best of Show and First
Place Photography.
Art steals the scene at
Fine Arts Fiesta
By Mary Therese Biebel
From the Times Leader
2013 Fine Arts Fiesta: May 16-
19, Public Square, downtown
Wilkes-Barre. Live entertain-
ment 10 a.m.-8 p.m. May 16;
10 a.m.-7 p.m. May 17 and May
18; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. May 19. Info:
fineartsfiesta.org.
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It seems Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania has always had an affnity
for beer. Need proof? How about a
lesson on the Scranton area’s pre-
Prohibition breweries?
The Lackawanna Historical Soci-
ety will present the brief lecture and
a beer tasting with Sean Wolfe and
Lee Burke of the Scranton Brewers
Guild at 7 p.m. tonight. “Brewed
in Scranton” will take place at the
Catlin House (232 Monroe Ave.,
Scranton) and include a presentation
by Scranton resident Nick Petula.
Petula, a former history teacher
who spent 30 of his 35 years in edu-
cation at West Scranton High School
until his retirement in 2004, offered a
sneak peek of his talk.
THE WEEKENDER: What will
you focus on in your presentation?
NICK PETULA: In conjunction
with the beer-tasting affair, I’m going
to present a short overview of the
history of breweries in the city and
the brewing industry. We’ll go over
some of the major and minor ones.
We’ll talk about the E. Robinson
Brewery in West Side, the M. Rob-
inson Brewery, which was in South
Side, Casey and Kelly in South Side,
the Keystone, which was in Dun-
more, the Fell in Carbondale, and
a few of the other assorted ones…
They were all pre-Prohibition era,
and most of them were going to be
eliminated by Prohibition.
Afew of them survived for short
periods, and the Standard Brewery
was going to survive for quite a
while. They’d go out of business in
1954. That was probably the most
famous Scranton brewery, post war.
W: What surprises people about
breweries in NEPA?
NP: I think most people would
be surprised at how many brewer-
ies there were, how large they were,
and how much output they had,
especially in the days before mass
transportation. Some of these brew-
eries started in the 1850s and 1860s,
so it was all geared towards local
consumption.
W: Were the products as diverse
as they are today?
NP: The Robinson would have a
pilsner, they would have some kind
of stout, and at Easter time, they
would always have a bock. Some of
the breweries would have had fve or
six different specialties.
W: What will you have on
display?
NP: We’re going to have some
of the beer trays, which are quite
collectible and very beautiful. We’ll
have examples of some of the bottles
and their different types of labels,
which are really interesting. We’ll
also have some advertising and some
cases – things like that.
Wednesday’s event will feature
the beers Batch 19, Stegmaier Porter,
and NewAlbion, along with craft-
brewed selections from Breaker
Brewing Company and Three Guys
and a Beer’d.
Tickets are $5 for the presentation
only, and $25 for the presentation
and beer tasting. Space is limited to
the frst 100 people, and funds raised
beneft the historical society. Reser-
vations are suggested.
For more information, call the
Lackawanna Historical Society at
570.344.3841 or e-mail lackawanna-
[email protected].
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Courtesy Photo
Nick Petula will hold a presentation on the local brewing
industry, both past and present.
Fundraiser focuses
on Scranton suds
By Christopher J. Hughes
From the Times Leader
Canned watermelon
Beer: Hell or High Watermelon
Wheat Beer
Brewer: 21st Amendment
Brewery
Style: Fruit Wheat Beer
ABV: 4.9%
Description: Hell or High Wa-
termelon Wheat pours a pale hazy
straw color with a thick white foam
head that lingers for a good amount
of time before dissipating. The nose
is dominated by what you would
expect, watermelon and wheat.
However, there are other aromas
present, such as a slight hint of
spiciness from the yeast and a mild
amount of breadiness from the malt
that round out the aroma profle.
The taste is very crisp and refresh-
ing and is dominated by the wheat
and the watermelon, but neither
truly comes to the forefront. The
watermelon gives this wheat beer a
wonderful tartness that provides a
nice sour fnish that lingers on the
palate. The beer is also well car-
bonated, which is what gives it its
crisp and refreshing capacity. The
body does leave a little something
to be desired, as it is very thin, but
this does not take away from the
overall enjoyment of the beer. It is
undoubtedly not a very complex
beer by any means, but it is very
interesting, and with the warm sum-
mer season approaching, I can see
a few cans of this in my cooler to
help beat the heat.
Food pairing: This light and
refreshing beer calls for a light and
refreshing food pairing. This is
undoubtedly a beer where the body
and favor profle need to be taken
into consideration before pairing
with food; otherwise, it can become
completely lost in the mix. The
obvious choice would be a fresh
garden salad topped with either
chicken or shrimp. However, I rec-
ommend a light fruity vinaigrette or
a simple oil/vinegar mix, as hefty
salad dressings can make this a
poor match. Another great match
for this beer is in the dessert arena
and could make this beer even more
refreshing. Anice cool sherbet or
Italian ice, preferably watermelon
favored, would be a perfect match
for this beer. The sheer amount
of cooling ability on the palate
combined with this refreshing beer
would relax anyone after a long day
in the sun. Throw in a hammock
and some Ray LaMontagne on the
stereo and I call that a perfect sum-
mer evening!
Is it worth trying? I think it’s
worth a go. In a market full of
mediocre fruit wheat beers, 21st
Amendment’s take on the style
certainly stands head and shoulders
above the rest, as is the case with
most of 21st Amendment beers.
The fruit beer style has become
dominated by large corporate beer
factories pumping out bland brew
after bland brew, so it is nice to see
a reputable craft beer artist taking
on the style with good results.
While it is still spring and the dog-
gy days of summer still seem off
in the distance, I can certainly see
this beer as a perfect summer beer,
and it is available in cans, so it is
perfect to take with you anywhere!
I recommend you try some even if
you aren’t a huge watermelon fan;
it just may convert you and become
another great summer beer for you.
Also, this is a seasonal beer, so as
with most of them, get them while
you can!
Rating: w w w V
Where can I get it? Currently
available in cans at: J & H Beer,
Wilkes-Barre; Exit 190 Beer &
Deli, Dickson City; Backyard Ale
House, Scranton; and Krugel’s
Georgetown Deli & Beer, Wilkes-
Barre. Also, this may be available
at the upcoming Steamtown Beer
and Music Festival on June 15,
where 21st Amendment will be
pouring some great beers (hint
hint)!
Remember, enjoy responsibly!
Cheers!
-Derek Warren is a beer expert,
avid homebrewer, and beer his-
torian. Derek can be reached at
[email protected].
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I’d Tap That
BEER REVIEWS
Derek Warren | Weekender Correspondent
Brewed in Scranton: May 15,
7 p.m., Lackawanna Histori-
cal Society (232 Monroe Ave.,
Scranton). $5 for presentation
only, $25 for presentation and
beer tasting.
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pre-regiStration, $10, Day of Show.
awarDS for top 25 pluS beSt of Show
to be preSenteD at 3 p.m. for more
info call bill, 570.457.7665.
Montage Mountain Classics
(thurS., 6-9 p.m., fri., 6-10 p.m., Sat.,
5-9 p.m.)
car cruiSeS:
• June 14, July 12, Aug. 9, Sept. 13,
6-10 p.m., SouthSiDe Shopping center,
Scranton.
• CruiSe to Benefit ronAld MCdonAld
houSe: Sept. 22, 2-6 p.m. rain Date
Sept. 29.
• MAy 18, June 15, July 20, Aug. 17,
Sept. 21, 5-9 p.m., Johnny rocketS,
montage mountain.
• MAy 3, June 7, July 5, Aug. 2, Sept.
6, 5-9 p.m., pittSton cruiSe, tomato
feStival parking lot.
• St Joe’S CAr Show: Aug. 18, 9 A.M.-3
p.m., pittSton bypaSS. rain Date aug.
25.
CHURCHES
Clifford United Methodist
Church (Main St. Clifford)
• ChiCken-n-BiSCuit or hAM dinner:
may 21, 4-6 p.m. take-out or Dine-in.
$7.95, incluDeS Dinner, DeSSert, anD
Drink.
Grace Episcopal Church
(30 butler St., kingSton, 570.287.8440
• 5th AnnuAl ChArity golf tournA-
ment: June 8, 8 a..m., SanD SpringS
country club (10 clubhouSe Drive,
DrumS).
Holy Family Parish
(574 bennett St., luzerne)
• MuSiC MiniStry Spring ConCert: MAy
19, 7 p.m.
Nebo Baptist Church
(75 S. proSpect St., nanticoke)
• “friendS for ChriSt” ConCert: MAy
19, 7 p.m.
St. paul’S uniteD methoDiSt church
(birch St./proSpect ave., Scranton)
• free CoMMunity dinner: MAy 18,
4:30-6:30 p.m.
St. Stanislaus Youth Center
(528 e. elm St., Scranton).
• poliSh food feStivAl: MAy 19, noon-
6 p.m. 529 e. locuSt St., Scranton.
EVENTS
Annual Forest
Hill Cemetery Tour
commemorating william connell anD
family: June 2, 1 p.m., foreSt hill cem-
etary (1830 JefferSon ave., Dunmore).
rain Date June 9. for more info call
margo at 570.346.6179 or foreSt hill
at 570.344.5113.
Dallas Rotary Club
• wine And dine feStivAl: June 29, 11
a.m.-6 p.m., luzerne county fair-
grounDS (route 118, DallaS).
Dietrich Theater
(60 e. tioga Street, tunkhannock,
570.996.1500, www.Dietrichtheater.
com).
• Aldo leopold, Book diSCuSSionS
for “A SAnd County AlMAnAC:” MAy 15,
7 p.m., tunkhannock public library.
aDult claSSeS:
• A SAnd County AlMAnAC Book diS-
cuSSionS: may 15, 7 p.m.
• open MiC night: MAy 24, 7 p.M., Sign-
upS 6:30 p.m. feature nygel metcalfe
at 8:15.
• CinderellA on BroAdwAy BuS trip:
June 5, buS DepartS 8 a.m., returnS 11
p.m. $235.
• overview of the Civil wAr 150 yeArS
later: June 19, 7 p.m.
• the BridegrooM of Blowing roCk:
June 21-22, 7 p.m., lazybrook park.
• open MiC night: June 28, 7 p.M., Sing-
upS 6:30 p.m. feature brian fanelli
8:15.
• everhArt MuSeuM BuS trip: June 29,
9:30 a.m., return 2 p.m. $!0.
• Civil wAr erA MuSiC: June 30, 3 p.M.
• A dAy At the tunkhAnnoCk’S river-
SiDe park: July 20, 1-8 p.m.
• open MiC night: July 26, 7 p.M.,
Sign-upS 6:30. feature brian fanelli
8:15 p.m.
• gAthering of SingerS & Songwrit-
erS 12: aug. 21, 7:30 p.m. aDmiSSion by
Donation.
• open MiC night: Aug. 23, 7 p.M., Sign-
upS 6:30.
Dupont Hose Co.
(308 main St., Dupont)
• “keeping the oldieS Alive:” MAy 25,
DoorS 6 p.m., buffet Dinner 7, muSic
8-11. $27.50 per perSon. no ticketS
SolD at Door. for ticketS call bill,
570.457.7665 or gary, 570.654.4222.
Seating iS limiteD.
Everhart Museum
(1901 mulberry St., Scranton.
570.346.7186, general.information@
everhart-muSeum.org)
• Stoker on Stoker: MAy 15, 6-8 p.M.
• SteAMpunk Jewelry: June 5, 6-8
p.m. $25, muSeum memberS; $30,
non-memberS. ageS 16 anD olDer.
pre-regiStration requireD.
F.M. Kirby Center
(71 public Square, wilkeS-barre.
570.826.1100.)
w. curtiS montz Summer film SerieS:
($4, matineeS; $6, evening ShowS)
• Argo: June 5, 1 And 7:30 p.M.
• the MASter: June 12, 1 And 7:30 p.M.
• Citizen kAne: June 19, 1 And 7:30 p.M.
• life of pi: June 26, 1 And 7:30 p.M.
• SeArChing for SugAr MAn: July 10, 1
anD 7:30 p.m.
• to kill A MoCkingBird: July 17, 1 And
7:30 p.m.
• AMour: July 24, 1 And 7:30 p.M.
• the SeSSionS: Aug. 7, 1 And 7:30 p.M.
• rAiderS of the loSt Ark: Aug. 14, 1
anD 7:30 p.m.
• hyde pArk on hudSon: Aug. 21, 1 And
7:30 p.m.
• hitChCoCk: Aug. 28, 1 And 7:30 p.M.
• pSyCho: Sept. 4, 1 And 7:30 p.M.
Frances Slocum State Park
(back mountain, 570.696.3525)
• fAMily nAture hike: MAy 25, 2 p.M.
path not Suitable for StrollerS.
meet in pavilion 3 parking area.
• Buzzy BuddieS, leArn ABout honey-
beeS: may 25, 4 p.m. ageS 3-5. meet at
campgrounD amphitheater.
• live BirdS of prey: MAy 25, 7:30 p.M.
meet at campgrounD amphitheater.
bring own Seating.
• SAlAMAnder SeArCh: MAy 26, 2 p.M.
ageS 6 to 12. meet at campgrounD
amphitheater.
• tree wAlk And tAlk: MAy 26, 4 p.M.
meet near boat rental parking lot
entrance.
• pennSylvAniA nAture SyMBolS:
may 26, 7 p.m. meet at campgrounD
amphitheater.
The Greater Scranton Chamber
of Commerce
(222 mulberry St., Scranton)
• “it’S good to Be gutSy” woMen’S
network luncheon: may 15, noon.
• Be A Sleuth At leAderShip lACkAwA-
nna’S murDer myStery Dinner party:
may 31, 5:30 p.m., Scranton cultural
center.
Irem Clubhouse
(64 riDgeway Drive, DallaS)
• heAlthier SelveS SeMinAr And wAlk-
ing tour: may 16, 10 a.m.
Johnson College
(3427 n. main ave., Scranton,
570.342.6404, JohnSon.eDu)
• 21St AnnuAl golf tournAMent:
may 17, blue riDge trail golf club,
mountain top. info: Stephanie orza-
lek, coorDinator of inStitutional
aDvancement, 570.702.8908 or Sorza-
[email protected].
Lacawac Sanctuary
(94 Sanctuary roaD, lake ariel)
muSic in the foreSt SerieS:
• kevin higginS: June 8
• wArgo StevenSkey flute & guitAr
Duo: July 13
• the old geezerS: July 14.
Lackawanna College
(501 vine St., Scranton, 1.877.346.3552,
lackawanna.eDu)
environmental inStitute (10 moffat
Dr., covington twp.)
• lrCA riverfeSt 2013: June 1. for
more information call 570.347.6311,
e-mail [email protected], or viSit lrca.
org.
• lenApe of the eAStern woodlAndS:
June 5, 6-8 p.m. geareD for chilDren
anD familieS ageS 8 anD up. $5 per
perSon. pre-regiStration requireD.
• A CloSer look dAy CAMp: June
17-21 or 24-28, 9 a.m.-noon. $65 per
camper.
• BACkyArd hABitAtS dAy CAMp: July
1-5 or 8-12, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ageS 7 anD 8.
$95 per camper.
• outdoor CAreer Adventure CAMp:
July 15-19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ageS 14-17.
$95 per camper.
• eCo explorerS dAy CAMp: July 22-26
or July 29-aug. 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ageS 9
anD 10. $95 per camper.
• eArth ConneCtionS dAy CAMp: Aug.
5-9 or 12-16, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ageS 11 to
13. $95 per camper.
Lackawanna College Police
Academy (Class 208)
• “CAring f.o.r. CopS” 5k rACe/wAlk
SaturDay may 25 at 10am (rain or
Shine) on 100 wyoming avenue, Scran-
ton. proceeDS will benefit fallen
officerS remembereD to help pur-
chaSe new boDy armor for officerS
without it So they can help to better
protect citizenS. regiStration will
be from 8am-9:45 am. entry fee iS $20
if pre-regiStereD before may 15; $25
after DeaDline. for more informa-
tion, to SponSor, or to DownloaD
the regiStration form contact race
coorDinator paul tomczyk at 570-
346-9679 or go to www.fallenof-
ficerSremembereD.org (eventS 5k)
or fb: fallen officerS remembereD
(eventS) for more DetailS or to
DownloaD application.
Misericordia University
(www.miSericorDia.eDu, 570.674.6400;
Box offiCe, 674.6719, MiSeriCordiA.
eDu)
• “wAtCh your wAllet roASt” for dr.
michael a. macDowell: June 1, 7:30
p.m., mohegan Sun at pocono DownS
(1280 highway 315, wilkeS-barre).
mount hope eState anD winery
(2775 lebanon roaD,manheim,
717.665.7021, parenfaire.com)
• 6th AnnuAl greAt pennSylvAniA
flavorfeSt: may 25-26, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
mountain grange no. 567
• Monthly fleAMArket: SeCond
SaturDay of each month. 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,
mountain grange hall (1632 w. 8th
St., carverton).
Nescopeck State Park
(1137 honey hole rD., DrumS,
570.403.2006)
• diSCover lehigh gorge wAlk: MAy
25, 11 a.m. meet at the white haven
community library.
• Bird wAlk: MAy 25, 8 A.M. Meet At
park office. 76 univerSity Drive ,
hazleton, 570.450.3000, www.hn.pSu.
eDu)
Penn State Wilkes-Barre
(rte. 115, lehman, 570.675.2171,
wb.pSu.eDu)
• 18th AnnuAl AluMni ConStituent
Society golf tournament: July 12,
11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. Shotgun Start, blue
riDge trail golf club (mountain top).
for more information contact karen
at 570.675.9228 or [email protected].
r3 opS, “the Mud run with optionS:”
July 20, northeaSt fairgrounDS,
pittSton townShip. viSit www.r3opS.
com or like itS facebook page at
www.facebook.com/r3opS.
Salvation Army
• AnnuAl AwArdS dinner: MAy 16, 5:30
p.m., beSt weStern genetti hotel anD
convention center (77 eaSt market
Street, wilkeS-barre). reServationS
by contacting lieutenant Sharon
treSSler at the Salvation army at
[email protected].
org or 570.824.8741.
Scranton Cultural Center
(420 n. waShington ave., Scranton,
570.346.7369, Scrantonculturalcen-
ter.org)
• “the Menu: get reAdy to grill!:” MAy
20, 7 p.m., cocktailS at 6. $7.
SuiciDe SurvivorS picnic:
may 25, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., mcDaDe park,
Scranton. rSvp to kathy wallace at
570.575.2343 or kw@theaDvocacyal-
liance.org.
Unity of NEPA:
A Spiritual Center
(140 S. grant St., wilkeS-barre.
570.824.7722.)
• the Bridge: Adult Book Study ClASS:
may 15, 6:30 p.m. $5.
• rev. grACe tAylor AS gueSt SpeAker:
may 19, 10 a.m. Service.
• riChArd pACheCo AS gueSt SpeAker:
may 26, 10 a.m. Service.
Waverly Community House
(1115 n. abington rD., waverly, waver-
lycomm.org)
• 17th AnnuAl CoMM ClASSiC golf
tournament: may 23, Skytop.
Wilkes-Barre Fire Dept Athletic
Association
• 24th AnnuAl golf tournAMent:
may 19, 1 p.m., wilkeS-barre mu-
nicipal golf courSe (1001 fairawy
Dr., bear creek townShip). $80 per
golfer. for more information or to
regiSter contact Shawn williamS at
570.885.3026.
Wilkes University
(84 w. South St, wilkeS-barre, 1.800.
wilkeS.u, wilkeS.eDu)
• CoMMenCeMent CereMony: MAy 18,
graDuate StuDentS 10 a.m., unDer-
graDuate StuDentS 2 p.m., arnauD
c. martS SportS anD conference
center (274 S. franklin St., wilkeS-
barre).
Wyoming Valley Dog
Squad Troop No. 221
(www.DogScoutS.org. phylliS,
troop leaDer: phylliS@thebark-
ingbaSket.comor liza, Secretary/
treASurer:[email protected])
• Meeting: MAy 19, kirBy pArk, wilkeS-
barre, near the tenniS courtS.
LOCAL HISTORY
Luzerne County
Historical Society
(401 S. franklin St., wilkeS-barre.
570.823.6244, luzernehiStory.org.)
• “the wyoMing MonuMent: through
the yeArS” MeMBerShip drive: June 7,
5-8 p.m., t.w. Shoemaker art gallery
(312 wyoming ave., wyoming).
• 3rd AnnuAl County-wide SuMMit
of community hiStorical SocietieS
SponSoreD by the luzerne founDa-
tion: June 29, 9 a.m., bear creek club
houSe.
Old Jail Museum
(128 w. broaDway, Jim thorpe.
570.325.5259. www.theolDJailmu-
Seum.com.)
tourS: MAy 18 & 19 (JiM thorpe
birthDay weekenD), memorial Day
weekenD through labor Da, Daily
(cloSeD weDneSDay), noon to 4:30 p.m.
$6, aDult; $5, Senior over 65 anD high
School; $4, chilDren ageS 6-12; free,
chilDren unDer 5.
LEARNING
Inner Peace Health, Healing &
Wellness Associates
(1114 route 315, plainS townShip.
570.208.1511, innerpeacehw.com.)
• eden energy MediCine ClASS: MAy 17,
6-8 p.m. $15.
• reiki level 1: MAy 18. $100, $30
DepoSit requireD.
• pSyChiC CirCle: MAy 21: 6:30-8:30
p.m. $20.
• kAngen wAter SeMinAr: MAy 23, 6-8
p.m.
•oneneSS MeditAtion: MAy 24, 7-8:30
p.m. $10.
• woMen’S gAthering: MAy 30, 6-8 p.M.
lil yoga barn at crabtree garDenS
(538 butler Drive, DrumS)
• All-dAy CoMMunity yogAthon: MAy
18. $10 per claSS; $50 for the Day.
pocono artS council
(18 n. Seventh St., StrouDSburg.
570.476.4460. www.poconoartS.org)
aDult claSSeS
• ACryliC pAinting: MAy 21, 28, 9:30
a.m.-12:30 p.m. $110, member; $120,
non-member; $90, Senior member;
$05, Senior non-member.
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Maybe you’ll go back right to where you left off, but a road
trip is good for the mind and soul.
Sometimes you just
need a road trip
Sometimes in life, we need to
run away from the harsh realities of
everyday life and go be someone
else, somewhere else. It could be
something trivial: stress at work,
unrequited love, arguments with
friends and family, or in my case,
all of the above. I was feeling over-
whelmed and sinking, so my friend
Loren and I decided it was time to
hit the road and get out of dodge for
a week.
We had fve destinations in
mind. We started out in Virginia
Beach. Our time here was brief,
but notable. I became an honorary
Hooters girl, a pole dancer, and
mingled with some crazy characters
on the beach (Shout out to Bryce
and Chaz!). Our next stop was
Savannah, Ga. The only real memo-
rable scandal of this stop was being
sexually propositioned by home-
less transients who were drinking
moonshine behind a shed. We
respectfully declined. Our third stop
was Pensacola Beach in Florida.
This was absolutely necessary for
recharging my battery. I sat in the
sand with a drink in my hand just
staring at the beauty of nature; those
were some fne-looking surfers.
We decided to spend the week-
end in New Orleans. I have partied
in Vegas, clubbed in South Beach,
Miami, and have gotten sloshed in
the fnest of pubs in Ireland, but
nothing could have prepared me for
what I was to encounter in life on
Bourbon Street.
As a check off my bucket list,
I had to earn my beads (Sorry,
mom and dad). Once this was
achieved, things got crazier as the
time passed. I won a dance-off in a
transvestite karaoke bar, sang my
heart out with dueling pianos, was
nearly tea-bagged at a male strip
club by a Jonas brother lookalike,
was told by a tarot card reader that
my future holds failed relationships
and feline companionship, and
chipped my front tooth doing shots
off a pregnant woman.
I met a boy and we danced the
night away. Eventually, he got on
one knee in front of everyone and
proposed marriage. I said yes. Ev-
eryone there was so happy for us…
until I realized that I never caught
his name. I decided that instead
of becoming a Carrie Underwood
song, I would just leave the bar and
return to the madness of the jazz
bands and boob fashers who were
trolling the streets.
The fnal stop of our crazy
adventure was Nashville, Tenn.
There were plaid shirts, boots, and
belt buckles as far as the eye could
see. My mother called and said
she hoped that I would fnd a nice
cowboy to settle down and start a
ranch with, but alas, I left the city
unhitched.
The drive home was long. It
was bittersweet crossing back into
Pennsylvania. I came home to the
drama that I had fed from, but at
least my cat was happy to see me.
Maybe that voodoo card reader was
right after all.
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Girl talk
Tales of DaTing DisasTers
Melissa Hughes | Weekender Correspondent
Even in death, you can be as green as you were in life.
Green in the ground
It seems like every day I’m
hearing about new ways to
go green. The latest trend that
caught my attention is eco-
friendly burials. While this one
seemed a bit crazy, after reading
about it, it doesn’t sound all that
bad.
Green burials have become
a growing trend in the United
States funeral industry as of
late. Funeral homes across the
country are now starting to offer
eco-friendly services. There’s
even a committee called the
Green Burial Council, a non-
proft organization that operates
in the United States, Canada, and
Australia.
Asurvey conducted by fu-
neral industry publishers Kates-
Boylston Publications found that
43 percent of surveyors said they
would consider a green burial.
“There is a movement toward
it, but it’s gaining traction very
slowly,” said Jim Ford, vice
president of the Neptune Society,
which is the largest cremation-
only funeral company in the U.S.
They also offer green burials on
a reef off of Miami – pretty cool.
Individuals who choose a
green burial do not use concrete
vaults or traditional coffns.
Instead, bodies are wrapped in
biodegradable material or placed
in a pine coffn and put to rest
where they then decompose and
become part of the earth.
There is even such a thing as
e-coffns. This type of coffn
is made of bamboo, pine, or
recycled cardboard. According
to Mary Woodsen, a science
researcher at Cornell University,
an estimated 60,000 tons of
steel and 4.8 million gallons of
embalming fuid are buried each
year. That’s enough material to
build eight Eiffel Towers.
The Green Burial Counsel
performs ecological surveys of
the cemetery grounds and sets
rules that include hand-digging
the grave, replacement of the
same soil that was dug up, and
no vault or cement grave liners.
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bodies.
Until recently, environmen-
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that your body is able to return to
the earth after you are put to rest.
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In college, there were two
occasions I would always skip
class for: a bad hangover and a
good TV show. Just as it was poor
etiquette to show up for class
looking as dehydrated as a child
in a UNICEF commercial, it was
just as unmannerly to walk away
from a well-produced television
show.
As my student loan bills remind
me, my afternoons were meant to
consist of Communication Theory,
African American History, and
Video Production. However, my
man boobs remind me they actu-
ally consisted of Ramen Noodles,
Kit-Kat bars, a two-hour “Jerry
Springer” block, an hour of “The
Steve Wilkos Show,” and back-
to-back episodes of my favorite,
“Maury.” Thug life!
In the end it paid off because
fast forward a few years, and
I found myself hanging out in
Maury Povich’s offce, scoring
the frst interview with him prior
to the taping of his celebratory
2,500th episode of “Maury.” In
your face, bookworms!
The Weekender: I
recently listed your show as one
of my favorite things! What are
some of your favorite things?
Maury PovIch: Well, I am
a golf addict! Here’s my words of
wisdom: If you have a passion, if
you have an addiction, make sure
your future wife understands it.
Because if you have an addiction
after you get married, they’re not
going to understand it.
That’s why I’ve been mar-
ried twice.
W: your career has
spanned over 50 years.
you’ve covered every-
thing from kennedy
getting assassinated to
whether or not Jamal
was the baby daddy.
What haven’t you done
in your career that you
would still like to do?
MP: That’s an interest-
ing question. I think I’ve
touched all the bases.
W: how about “danc-
ing With The Stars?”
MP: No! Nope, nope,
nope, nope, nope.
W: 2,500 episodes!
What is one of the craziest
memories of something that has
happened on your show?
MP: Here’s one that’s crazy;
it’s only happened twice in 2,500
shows. Awoman comes on and
wants to fnd out the father of her
twins. We’ve got the guy there.
She’s accusing him of being the
father, he’s denying it, “I’m not
the father!” Read the result. He’s
the father of one, but not the
other! How’s that? It’s called a
million to one shot!
Another million to one shot was
my next question. I asked him to
reenact the reading of a paternity
test to me, with me as the biologi-
cal father in question, so I could
cross it off my bucket list. Maury
agreed!
While hanging out with Maury
Povich, I learned maybe the secret
to a long career is learning how to
not take everything too seriously.
It worked for him, so maybe it
will work for me, Mom & Dad.
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Justin had a chance to chat with
talk show host Maury Povich, a man
whose show consumed many a
college afternoon for him.
Past, present and future
ponderings with Povich
sorry mom&dad
A 20-something’s wild Adventures
Justin Brown | Weekender Correspondent
By Chuck Shepherd
Weekender Wire Services
News of the weird
CHARMING
The beauty pageant each April
at the Rattlesnake Roundup in
Sweetwater, Texas, requires
traditional skills like interview
poise, evening-gown fashion and
talent, but also some ability and
inclination to milk and skin rat-
tlers. High school senior Kyndra
Vaught won this year’s Miss
Snake Charmer, wearing jeweled
boots one night for her country-
western ballad, then Kevlar boots
and camoufage chaps the next
as she took on dozens of rattlers
in the wooden snake pit. Vaught
expertly held up one serpent, of-
fered its tail-end rattles for a baby
to touch, then helped hold, mea-
sure, milk and skin a buzzing,
slithery serpent. ALos Angeles
Times dispatch noted that Vaught
hoped to be on her way soon to
the Berklee College of Music
in Boston. [Los Angeles Times,
4-12-2013]
THE CONTINUING CRISIS
— That there are fea “cir-
cuses” is bizarre enough, but in
March a cold spell in Germany
wiped out an entire troupe of
“performing” feas, requiring the
fea whisperer to secure replace-
ments (because, of course, the
show must go on). Trainer Robert
Birk reached out to a university
near Mechernich-Kommern for
50 substitutes, which he appar-
ently worked into the act over
one weekend. (Fleas, with or
without training, can pull up to
160,000 times their own weight
and leap to 100 times their own
height.) [The Independent (Lon-
don), 3-31-2013]
— The owner of a restaurant in
southern Sweden told authorities
in March that the former owner
had assured him that “everything
had been approved,” appar-
ently including the appliance the
restaurant used for mixing salad
dressings and sauces — which
was a table-model cement mixer.
When health offcials told the
owner that it certainly was not
“approved,” he immediately
bought another, “rust-free,” mix-
er. (Health authorities had come
to the restaurant on a complaint
that a screw had turned up in a
customer’s kabob.) [The Local
(Stockholm), 3-30-2013]
MODERN ANGLERS
— Chad Pregracke, 38, a Mis-
sissippi River legend, spends nine
months a year hauling heavy-
duty litter out of waterways with
his crew of 12. He told CNN in
March that he has yanked up 218
washing machines, 19 tractors,
four pianos and nearly 1,000
refrigerators — totaling over
3,500 tons of trash — and has
collected the world’s largest array
of bottles with messages inside
(63). [CNN, 4-18-2013]
— Eliel Santos fshes the
grates of New York City seven
days a week, reeling in enough
bounty to sustain him for the last
eight years, he told the New York
Post in April. The “fshing line”
Santos, 38, uses is dental foss,
with electrician’s tape and Blue-
Touch mouse glue — equip-
ment that “he controls with the
precision of an archer,” the Post
reported. His biggest catch ever
was a $1,800 (pawned value)
gold and diamond bracelet, but
the most popular current items
are iPhones, which texting-on-
the-move pedestrians apparently
have trouble hanging onto. [New
York Post, 4-28-2013]
OOPS!
— Tyshekka Collier, 36, was
arrested in Spartanburg, S.C., in
March after she had rushed to
her son’s elementary school after
a call that he was suspended. As
she burst into the offce, angry at
her son for getting into trouble,
she saw a pouting boy with his
head down and slapped him,
thinking he was hers. He wasn’t.
(After apologizing, she then
managed to locate her son and
promptly slapped him around).
[WYFF-TV (Greenville), 3-28-
2013]
— When Evan Ebel was killed
in a roadside shootout in March,
it was clear that he was the man
who had days earlier gunned
down the head of the Colorado
prison system (and his wife) at
the front door of their home and
then fed (and killed another man
while on the lam). Ebel should
not even have been free at the
time, having been accidentally
released from prison in January
only because a judge’s assistant
had mistakenly marked Ebel’s
multiple prison terms to be
served “concurrently” instead of
one following the other (“con-
secutively”). (The supervising
judge “extend(ed) condolences”
to the families of Ebel’s victims.)
[Reuters, 4-1-2013]
BRIGHT IDEAS
—Apparently feeling feisty af-
ter a successful stint in February
hosting the Bassmaster Classic,
local offcials in Tulsa, Okla.,
announced in April that they
were considering preparing a bid
for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
(The Winter Games sometimes
get awarded to small venues, but
never the Summer Games.) [As-
sociated Press via ABC News,
4-27-2013]
— The Discovery Channel
announced a new survival show
to debut this summer, “Naked
and Afraid,” dropping off a man
and a woman (strangers), without
tools or clothes, to fend for them-
selves on an isolated Maldives
island. Among the previews:
Ms. Kellie Nightlinger, 38, a
self-described “ultimate surviv-
alist,” fnally thought after two
weeks of nearly starving that she
could attract fsh close enough
to be snatched up (as a New
York Daily News reporter put it)
“us(ing) her ladyparts as bait to
catch fsh between her legs.” Said
a Discovery Channel executive:
“Survival shows are so common
now that it’s gotten more and
more diffcult to convince the
audience that what they’re watch-
ing is something extreme.” [New
York Daily News, 4-14-2013]
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Check out Justin’s entire inter-
view with Maury exclusively on
theweekender.com, and make
sure to watch Maury’s 2,500th
episode airing May 17 with
surprises from Barbara Walters,
Shaquille O’Neill, Joan Rivers,
Honey Boo Boo, and CONNIE
CHUNG JUMPING OUT OF A
CAKE!
NO LONGER WEIRD
Even the editor of News of the Weird gets bored: (1.) A man in his
70s in Burnaby, British Columbia, was rescued in January after being
pinned for three days under fallen debris inside his seriously cluttered
home (with “ceiling-high mounds of garbage,” wrote the Canadian
Press). (Ho-hum.) (2.) In Lianjiang City, China, in January, Peng
Xinhua, 101, joined a long line of returns-from-the-dead. Following a
fall, she had become stiff and without a heartbeat, her two daughters
said, and burial was scheduled. Just before the funeral, as relatives
and friends were washing her body, Peng opened her eyes and calmly
greeted them.
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Just a few months ago “Far Cry
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2012, and yet they have already re-
leased a downloadable spinoff title
called “Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.”
“Blood Dragon” is not a sequel;
however, it does use the basic
components of the regular “Far
Cry 3” game. “Blood Dragon” was
announced on April Fools’ Day and
was thought to be a practical joke,
but it turns out it is real. Like “Far
Cry,” it’s still a frst-person shooter
set on a island, but it looks like the
‘80s threw up all over it, in a good
way. “Blood Dragon” is a true
homage to the flms, music, games,
and cartoons of the ‘80s. It’s all a
bit hokey, but it doesn’t take itself
seriously at all and is just hilarious.
The game uses the controls and
game engine of “Far Cry 3,” so
the gameplay
is great, and it
really makes
the crazy action
stand out and
look gorgeous.
The aesthetics
of the game
purposely look
like an old VHS
tape, and there are bright neon
colors everywhere as you battle all
sorts of robots, dinosaurs, mutants,
and even blood dragons. One thing
I really loved about this game
is the synthesized soundtrack, it
makes it feel like an 8-bit Nintendo
game, and it really complements
the ‘80s fair.
The plot of the game is pretty
thin, but the story it does have is
a mishmash of ‘80s action movies
like “The Terminator” and “Ro-
bocop.” You play as Sergeant Rex
Power Colt; you are part man, part
machine, and all badass cyber com-
mando. Now that Colt is no longer
with Omega Force, he is out for
vengeance against his former com-
mander and his crew of android
killing machines. Colt is blatantly
molded after action heroes of the
‘80s, such as Stallone or Schwar-
zenegger, gunning downs waves
of baddies with chain guns while
spitting out hilariously cheesy
one-liners.
Just like “Far Cry 3,” the
game is actually quite big. It has
several garrisons to explore, tons
of animals to kill, and collectables
to obtain. You’ll want to fnd all
the scattered TV and VHS tapes
in order to unlock all the crazy
end-game weapons and upgrades.
Trying to fnd
all of these
things can get
a little tedious,
but what you
get really makes
up for it. You
can unlock the
most devastating
weapons, such as
the Killstar, which lets you shoot
lasers from your hands and wipe
out legions of enemies with ease.
Unlike “Far Cry 3,” “Blood
Dragon” doesn’t really have much
in the line of stealth gameplay, but
it does have a lot of more options
for going in guns blazing, which
does really ramp up the action of
the game, making it feel more like
an action movie. Although there
are a lot of things to collect, the ac-
tual missions feel shorter and more
linear then the original, which
takes away from the feeling of it
being a sandbox game, but it is still
a blast to see the huge, over-the-top
action sequences and the 16-bit
cutscenes that populate the game.
If you haven’t played “Far Cry
3,” don’t worry – this game will
not spoil anything, and you don’t
even need it to play this one. It is
a standalone downloadable title,
even though it uses “Far Cry 3” as
the underlying game, just with all
of the new veneer bolted onto it.
It is fast-paced, absurd, and just a
joy to play, especially if you are
into the humor and nostalgia of the
era. For a $15 downloadable game,
you will be very hard-pressed to
fnd a more polished or enjoyable
frst-person shooter to spend some
time with.
If you are an ‘80s kid like me
and long for the years gone by, you
will defnitely get a kick out of this
game. If not, you might still enjoy
the wacky, over-the-top action
movie vibe this game has in abun-
dance. If these things don’t interest
you, then pass on this game.
-Robbie Vanderveken is the
digital operations specialist at
The Times Leader. E-mail him at
rvanderveken @timesleader.com.
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Owner:
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“I love working on
my Subaru,” Biebel
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May 24: ‘Donkey Kong Country
Returns 3D’
May 28: ‘Fuse’
June 4: ‘Remember Me’
‘Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon’
Systems: PS3, Xbox 360, PC
Genre: First-person shooter
Rating: M for Mature
Publisher: Ubisoft
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Your mantra this week is: It all balances
out. Although this may seem like a Libran
sentiment, it more correctly applies to
you Bulls right now. The whole clichéd
business of new doors opening when
old doors slam shut is especially true
in your case. Your life’s equilibrium is
unshakeable right now (unfortunately
forbidding dramatic advances as well as
setbacks); however, trusting that gives you
a peculiar sense of freedom. You don’t
have to kill yourself, ineffectually trying to
get ahead; nor do you have to cling to the
things you’d like to keep. Since later this
year you’re in for so much riotous change
that even your adaptable head will spin,
enjoy this Cruising Zone while it lasts.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
You’re a fre-breathing dragon. It
would behoove you to consider ways to
keep your head cool; the psychological
equivalent of a helmet packed in ice
would be ideal. Letting temperatures get
so high that the mercury explodes from
the thermometer will lead to messes you’d
rather not have to clean up. Still, there’s
no need to go glacier-hiking in Antarctica.
Your astrologically agitated state is both
curse and blessing. Don some asbestos
gloves, and take your inner dragon for
a walk on a fame-retardant leash. Let
him eat some yappy little dogs, corporate
thieves or corrupt politicians—just keep
him off big buildings and the people you
love
.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Don’t get carried away with your own
cleverness. This week, the force of your
ideas may carry you along so compellingly
that you’ll fnd yourself on the roof with an
innovative, home-designed giant slingshot,
preparing to catapult your roommate’s
cat into the next county, before you pause
to consider whether that’s a smart move.
Don’t wait until you see the furry body
arcing out of sight before you check
yourself. The inspirations that are striking
left and right might be brilliant, but taken
out of the context of your life their impact
is more likely to be negative than not.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
This hasn’t been your most productive
season in recent memory, you must admit.
If you were a salmon swimming upstream,
you’d never make it to the spawning
pools. At best you’ve been treading
water—certainly not leaping up waterfalls
or forging through whitewater rapids.
Although being stuck is always frustrating,
have hope: this coming week you have
a chance to redeem your lack of forward
progress in one stroke, like being scooped
up in a bucket and airlifted to the river’s
source, where you can fnally attend to the
business you’ve been avoiding all season.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
It’s a messy business, occupying
these smelly, sticky, farting bodies.
Even if you’re immaculately clean and
fresh-smelling, you’re likely to notice,
frequently, that others aren’t always so
diligent about personal upkeep. Beware
of elevators and public transportation if
catching the occasional whiff of body odor
or a sulfurous emanation from someplace
further south mortally offends you.
However, I’d rather you transcend such
silly hang-ups (once you’ve had a kid or a
puppy (thus cleaned up plenty of puke and
poop) you realize just how ridiculous they
are). Virgos are at their best when they’re
in touch with their earthiest sides. Get dirty
this week, but don’t just rub your hands in
potting soil. Get flthy, sweaty, and gross,
sans prissiness. Get into it. You know you
want to.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
It may be frustrating to pay for stuff you
used to get for free, but indulge yourself
this week. Self-sacrifce won’t serve our
purposes right now. You need to keep
spirits high in order to successfully tackle
the task I’m charging you with: Turn the
increasingly more prevalent economy of
scarcity on its head, please, and reinstate
or reinvent one of bounty and generosity.
Karmic laws dictate that you must give
to receive, and since you have more good
juju to spare than anyone else right now,
we need you to dole it out—and be patient
when it takes a while to come back to
you. Give to give, not to get; you’ll get a
whopping bonus once you’ve forgotten it’s
coming to you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Do you have your Scorpio tattoo yet?
Apparently, it’s de rigueur for Scorps to
get a tiny version of your namesake inked
on your pelvises, advertising your Pluto-
ruled prowess to anyone with eyes on your
crotches. For supposed loners, this is an
awful lot of solidarity. Scorps generally
have trouble sharing great spans of
intimate territory with each other. Still, you
could probably stand to develop or deepen
a few of your Scorpionic connections this
week. After all, there are certain places
that only your intrepid tribemates go—
having companionship in these slightly
scary situations could be interesting. Keep
your eyes peeled for the telltale Mark of
the Scorpio and when you see it, lower
your stinger, approach, and make friends.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
The mental feat that’s required of you
now is akin to remembering your locker
combination from sophomore year of high
school. The data is probably stored in your
brain somewhere—after all, you used it
several times a day for a whole year—but
accessing it may seem impossible. What
if you knew a million dollars lay within?
You’d go to much greater lengths to get
to it, right? Perhaps you’d hire a hypnotist
to help dredge the forgotten memory from
your brain, or invent a robot to tirelessly
try all 205,379 combinations until the
locker opens, or simply buy a blowtorch
and blast your way in. Since the rewards
awaiting your successful completion of the
task at hand are worth more (to you) than
$1,000,000, go the extra mile.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Amissile isn’t the best way to send a
message. First off, it’s overkill. Secondly,
although the point is clear, it denies choice
to the recipients regarding whether or not
to be receptive to it. Since you’re in need
of willing allies, not reluctant subjugates,
soundly reject all the aggressive strategies
being proposed to you on so many
fronts. Let your motto be the one about
honey being more appealing to fies than
vinegar, and plot all the ways you can
seduce, entice, and otherwise bribe your
adversaries to consider (and possibly
adopt) your point of view.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
You may feel like you have enough
charismatic personal power to rocket to
the moon this week, but that would be
misleading. You actually have enough
shimmering magnetism to fuel a trip much
further than that. Set your sights more
boldly than you have been, or you’ll be
wasting a rare opportunity to see parts
of the universe you’d never bothered
to imagine before. Use the strongest
telescope you can get your hands on,
identify the destination of your ambition,
and aim exactly that high. Don’t worry
about getting back; people who plot their
own fall from stardom never make it there
in the frst place.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Don’t tell me you’re out of tricks.
There are fsh that “fy”, and some that
can walk on adapted fns to fnd new
water. Some burrow in silt or lurk beneath
rocks. Others hide in plain sight, or infate
themselves to inedible proportions, or tear
their adversaries to shreds with rows of
razor-sharp teeth. You’re just that versatile.
You may have to dust off some secret
techniques you haven’t used in a long
while to handle the twisty tangles ahead,
but don’t delude yourself into believing
that you can’t handle what’s coming
yourself, and masterfully.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Remember that scene in Star Wars when
our heroes fall into the trash compacter?
You, too, are being forced to occupy
somewhat smaller dimensions, as virtual
walls contract around you. Although
there’s no actual danger of being crushed,
I’m worried that you could form bad habits
that outlive your current compression, like
slouching. In order to avoid permanent
kinks in your ego when you fold it
momentarily, try to think of it differently:
you’re not being squashed, you’re being
condensed; your radiance has gone from
lighthouse to blowtorch—fewer people
can see it, but those who can will need
goggles. Enjoy your concentrated intensity
while it lasts, but remember to stretch out
when you’re done—we need your long-
distance shine next week.
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(pictured)
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Creative Cloud is a new Adobe product that users can pay
for monthly.
The word “revitalization” has
been thrown around when it comes
to discussing the upswing that
downtown Wilkes-Barre has seen
with businesses, but Dory Marino
prefers to call it something else.
“It’s more of a ‘re-energiza-
tion,’” she said. “It seems everyone
has a new energy coming in, and
it’s wonderful.”
Marino is certainly a large con-
tributor to such energy, having just
relocated her shop, Shambala, from
the Mall at Steamtown to Midtown
Village on Main Street in Wilkes-
Barre. Marino, who has worked
with the store since 1994 and now
owns it, grew up in the city and
was itching to get back.
“It’s home to me,” she said. “It
feels good, familiar. I know every-
thing around here, and I wanted
that back, that feeling of commu-
nity, and being here in Midtown is
the perfect place to get that.”
Shambala, in itself, exudes much
energy. It’s a store that Marino
said showcases two main genres:
a hippie haven and a place for the
metaphysical.
There are tie-dye pieces of at-
tire and accessories, but there are
also crystals, stones, and Buddha
statues strewn about. And, even if
you aren’t into either and you’re
just someone who appreciates
well-crafted, gorgeous jewelry and
home décor, Shambala is right for
you.
The metaphysical side may be a
bit of a mystery to some.
“It means beyond the physical,
more to the spiritual realm,” said
Whitney Mulqueen, the store’s
resident tarot card reader.
Marino feels that the two things,
though they may seem opposite, go
hand-in-hand.
“The blending of the two in
this store is perfect because of the
philosophy behind each. The era of
the ‘60s, peace and love and having
everybody help each other, and
the connection we have with each
other – it’s the same philosophy
that the deities are giving us, such
as when you think of Buddhism
and its philosophy.”
“And that’s what I want to get
out there,” Marino continued. “Not
so much the individual things I
sell in the store, but the feel of the
store on the whole. I want people
to walk in and feel welcome, and
good.”
She also wants people to be
comfortable with asking questions.
“I’ve had many people come
in and ask about the stones, the
crystals, and Buddhism, and that’s
a good thing.”
It would seem that there are
some misconceptions that go along
with many of the elements of these
philosophies, one of the biggest
having to do with Mulqueen’s part
in the store: tarot cards.
“Alot of people think the cards
are Satanic, but they’re not,” she
said. “If you look at the deck, there
are chalices, swords, and women
like the Empress and High Priest-
ess that look like Mary. The tarot
deck is actually Christian-based.”
Mulqueen, 47, is a third-gener-
ation psychic who began read-
ing at the age of nine. Her great
grandmothers, grandmother and
grandfather, and aunt also dabbled
in the art.
Mulqueen has worked with Saks
5th Avenue and done Christmas
parties for fashion designer Diane
von Furstenburg in a life that she
calls “exciting, one that’s taken me
a lot of places.”
Tarot cards are a pack of cards,
usually numbering 78, that give
the reader insight into the person
they’re reading and serve as a
guide in that person’s life.
“I just hope I have touched
people and helped them, healed
them in positive ways,” Mulqueen
said of her tarot reading career.
Mulqueen is available at Sham-
bala on the frst and third Saturdays
of the month currently. 15-minute
readings are $30, while half-hour
readings cost $45. She is also
available for longer sessions, and
more information can be found on
Facebook at “Tarot by Whitney” or
by calling 570.575.8649.
Both Marino and Mulqueen are
excited to be a part of the down-
town movement, especially in a
store that Marino said was pretty
much her life.
“There’s nothing I would want to
do, or that I would feel as good and
right doing, as being right here.”
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Tarot readings, jewelry, and
philosophy found at Shambala
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Weekender Staff Writer
Photo by Sara Pokorny
Whitney Mulqueen, left, and Dory Marino, right, hope customers find a comforting environment
in hippie/metaphysical shop Shambala.
Subscription-based
software getting harder
and harder to avoid
It’s pretty well-known that
when you buy a new computer
program – Microsoft Offce, for
example – you’re not actually
buying the software itself; you’re
just buying a license to use the
software. It has been that way for
a long time, and since you could
use the program for as long as you
wanted, it didn’t much matter. It
was basically yours, for all intents
and purposes.
Ashort while back, Microsoft
changed that with Offce 365, a
cloud-based version of Offce for
which users are charged $9.99 per
month, or $99.99 a year.
The upside is that it’s always
up-to-date, and for a lot of people,
the $10/month or $100/year
doesn’t hurt as much as shelling
out what they used to charge you
for discs you could keep. The
downside is that you need to keep
paying them, and if your computer
gets a little long in the tooth, you
might not be able to use the soft-
ware without upgrading.
There are a ton of nice features
in Offce 365, and having used it
at work, it’s certainly very nice to
have all of your documents at your
fngertips no matter where you go.
But it seems…wrong somehow.
Well, nowAdobe, maker of the
extremely popular (not to mention
expensive) Photoshop and its asso-
ciated “Creative Suite,” is getting
in the game with a new platform
called “Creative Cloud.” They’re
charging users between $20 and
$70 per month for the privilege
of using their software, which can
retail for more than $600.
Also included in the monthly
fee is up to 20 gigs of cloud stor-
age, free website hosting, and fle
conversion.
Fair enough – $70 a month is
easier to afford than over $600.
And it might make people who
would otherwise pirate their soft-
ware (Photoshop happens to be
one of the most pirated programs
in existence) think seriously about
purchasing a subscription and us-
ing the software on an as-needed
basis.
I can easily see how the trend
of a subscription model could be
more convenient for everyone –
people, businesses, and software
manufacturers.
You pay as you need it. It’s
easier to afford a monthly rate,
and the software is always the lat-
est and greatest out there.
But the downside: It’s a whole
lot like credit card debt – cheaper
up front, a lot more expensive
in the long run. To put it another
way, I’d rather be stung by a bee
than catch Lyme disease from a
bug I never noticed.
For now, both Microsoft and
Adobe still offer traditional
versions of their software, so if
you’re not interested in subscrib-
ing to their services, you don’t
have to. But it seems to make an
awful lot of sense for them to go
to a subscription-only model in the
near future.
Lease a car, rent a house, sub-
scribe to software. If things keep
going the way they are, pretty
soon no one will own much of
anything.
-Nick DeLorenzo is director
of interactive and new media for
The Times Leader. E-mail him at
[email protected].
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Call Ed at
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SUZUKI ‘01 VS 800
GL INTRUDER
Garage kept, no
rust, lots of
chrome, black with
teal green flake.
Includes storage
jack & 2 helmets.
$3600
570-410-1026
451 Trucks/
SUVs/Vans
CHEVROLET `98
SILVERADO 1500
EXTENDED CAB LS
Runs great! 211,000
miles, 4x4, new
windshield, alter-
nator, front wheel
studs, spark plug
wires, ignition mod-
ule, brakes, throttle
body gasket, 3 oxy-
gen sensors, fuel
pump, tank, & filter.
New tires with alloy
rims. New transmis-
sion. $3,500, OBO.
570-793-5593
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
CHEVY ‘04
SILVERADO Z71
4x4 Contractor’s
cap. One Owner.
NICE CLEAN
TRUCK! $6,995.
570-696-4377
451 Trucks/
SUVs/Vans
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
DODGE ‘06 DAKOTA
CLUB CAB
6 speed. EXTRA
SHARP! $5995.
570-696-4377
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1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
DODGE ’95
1500 XCAB
4x4.
Call for details
$1,495.
570-696-4377
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
FORD ‘00
WINDSTAR SEL
Leather,
LIKE NEW!
$3,495.
570-696-4377
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
FORD ‘03 EXPLORER
4X4 SUPER NICE SUV
$5,995.
570-696-4377
FORD ‘09
RANGER
Silver, 4 cylinder,
5 speed, air, power
steering, power
brakes, AM/FM,
bedliner.
ECONOMICAL!
Special Price
$9,995
Full Notary Service
Tags & Title
Transfers
BEN’S AUTO SALES
RT 309 W-BTwp.
Near Wegman’s
570-822-7359
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
GMC ‘03 ENVOY
4X4, V6, DVD, 3rd
row seat, LIKE
NEW! $5995.
570-696-4377
451 Trucks/
SUVs/Vans
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
GMC ‘04 SIERRA 4X4
Ladder rack, tool
box, ONE OWNER.
Bargain Price!
$5,995
570-696-4377
JEEP ‘04 GRAND
CHEROKEE LIMITED
108k, V8, AWD,
leather, moon-
roof. Stunning!
$7,995
JEEP ‘07 GRAND
CHEROKEE
LAREDO
S4x4. maroon, sun
roof, all power,
cruise, tilt, power
seats. Like new
SPECIAL PRICE
$14,995
Full Notary Service
Tags & Title
Transfers
BEN’S AUTO SALES
RT 309 W-BTwp.
Near Wegman’s
570-822-7359
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SUZUKI ‘12
SX4
5 door AWD, 6
speed, black, all
power, cruise, tilt,
CD, alloys. Like
new. Balance of
factory warranty.
Sporty.
SPECIAL PRICE
$12,995
Full Notary Service
Tags & Title
Transfers
BEN’S AUTO SALES
RT 309 W-BTwp.
Near Wegman’s
570-822-7359
TOYOTA ‘07
RAV4
4 door
2.4L SUV
4WD, Auto
Everglade Metallic
101k Miles.
Good Condition!
Great Gas Mileage
$9,500
Call 570-760-3946
457 Wanted to Buy
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Cars &
Trucks
Wanted
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Prices
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570-574-1275
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DIRECTORY
472 Auto Services
$ WANTED JUNK $
VEHICLES
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554 Production/
Operations
551 Other
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551 Other
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551 Other
536 IT/Software
Development
536 IT/Software
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United One Resources is seeking a Systems
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The successful candidates should be profi-
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or later, Exchange, Hyper-V, and Active
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Stk #7528A, This Is Not A Numbers Matching Car,
It Is Not A Real SS, But It Is Rust Free, Super Clean
and Fully Restored. Show It! or Drive It!
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MACHINIST/MAINTENANCE
Fabri-Kal Corporation, a major thermoforming plastics company has
immediate full-time benefited Machinist openings in Hazleton Plant.
HS/GED required.
Machinist: Must provide documentation of formal machine shop
training provided by a technical school; or state certification as a
machinist; or documentation of minimum of 6 years practicing machinist;
able to read/use precision type instruments (micrometers/calipers); able to
read technical drawings.
Industrial Electrician: Conduit, EMT and ridged pipe; Equipment
testing; AC/DC motors and drives; PLC systems. 3 Yrs Exp.
Mechanic: Troubleshooting, hydraulic/pneumatic, machine shop,
plumbing, welding, rebuild mechanic devices, schematics, test equipment,
basic electrical systems. 3 Yrs Exp.
Drug & Alcohol screening and background checks are conditions of
employment. Competitive wage and benefits package: Family Health
Insurance, Prescription, Dental & Vision. Short Term Disability, 401K,
Education, Paid Leave. 12 hour shift. Day/Night shifts.
Forward resume to:
Fabri-Kal Corporation
ATTN: Human Resources
Valmont Industrial Park
150 Lions Drive, Hazle Township, PA 18202
FAX: (570) 501-0817
EMAIL: [email protected]
www.f-k.com EOE
503 Accounting/
Finance
COLLECTIONS COLLECTIONS
SPECIALIST SPECIALIST
Forbo Flooring,
the world leader
in linoleum,
located in Hazleton,
is seeking a
full-time Collections
Specialist. The
ideal candidate
will be responsible
for Monitoring
and maintaining
assigned accounts,
collection calls,
account adjust-
ments and cus-
tomer reconcilia-
tions. Provide
excellent customer
service regarding
collection issues,
resolving customer
discrepancies
and short pay-
ments. This is a
high visibility posi-
tion that requires
excellent analytical,
communication, and
organizational skills.
Professionalism and
assertiveness are
an absolute must.
SAP experience
a definite plus. We
offer a competitive
salary and excellent
benefit package.
Qualified applicants
should submit their
resume and salary
requirements by
fax to HR Dept.
570-450-0231
or e-mail to
donna.reimold@
forbo.com
518 Customer
Support/Client Care
BOSCOV’S BOSCOV’S TRA TRAVEL VEL
WILKES-BARRE WILKES-BARRE
LEISURE LEISURE TRA TRAVEL VEL
CONSUL CONSULT TANT ANT
We are searching
for a Leisure Trav-
el Consultant with
a minimum of
3 Year’s
Experience.
Applicant will work
in a fast-paced
office and must
have good people
skills, excellent
communication
skills, computer
proficiency, and
Sabre experience
a plus. We are a
career company &
offer an excellent
compensation
package. EOE
Forward resume
to:
[email protected]
533 Installation/
Maintenance/
Repair
HVAC TECHNICIANS
Minimum of 3 years
experience.
C. W. Schultz & Son
Apply in person at
216 Parrish St.,
Wilkes-Barre, or
call 570-822-8158
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542 Logistics/
Transportation
Delivery Drivers/
Independent
Contractors. Need
reliable cars or
minivans for same
day delivery.
Call 800-818-7958
542 Logistics/
Transportation
ROLL-OFF DRIVER
35-40 hours per
week. Experience
necessary!!!
Call 570.868.6462
ROUTE DRIVER
Must have 2 years
of driving experi-
ence, preferably
route driving.
Need a clean driving
record and must
pass a drug screen
and a background
check for this full
time non-CDL posi-
tion. One overnight
a week & must be
able to lift 50 lbs. A
bonus program and
benefits are avail-
able.Apply in person
USAgain
730 Casey Avenue
Wilkes-Barre, PA
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SCHOOL BUS
DRIVERS
G. Davis Inc.
has openings in
Dallas PA. Our
professional
training staff can
assist you with all
training certifica-
tions clearance
necessary to
become a valid
school bus driver.
Email resume to:
godavisbus@
gmail.com
548 Medical/Health
Receptionist/Optician
Part-Time
receptionist/optical
position at private
optometrist’s office
in Clarks Summit.
Saturday 9am-2pm
required. Typing/
computer/internet/
electronic medical
records/billing/
customer service.
Optical experience
not required.
Serious inquiries
only.Email resume:
[email protected]
554 Production/
Operations
CNC LATHE
SETUP/PROGRAMMER/
OPERATOR
Experience
necessary.
Full time day shift.
570-740-1112
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566 Sales/Retail/
Business
Development
IF YOU ARE FROM
Hanover
Green
Buttonwood
Korn Krest
Nanticoke
• Are at least
14 years old
• Are dependable
• Have a great
personality
• Can work
evenings &
Saturdays
•Would like to
have fun while
working with
other teenagers
Then call
Mr. John
@ 735-8708
leave message
566 Sales/Retail/
Business
Development
TELEPHONE
SALES REPS
No Cold
Calling!
Write your
own
Paycheck!!
Part-time hours
for full-time
income and
benefits.
$9.00/hour
dayshift
+ unlimited
commission!!!
•Paid Training
•Blue Cross/
vision/dental
•Discount Travel
•Paid Vacation/
401k
•Advancement
Opportunity
•No experience
necessary
• Must be 16
years old
• Must pass pre-
employment
drug screening
Please Call or
Stop By
Sundance
Vacations
264 Highland
Park Blvd.,
Wilkes-Barre
1-877-808-1158
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FINANCIAL
610 Business
Opportunities
INTERSTATE
PRODUCTS
A Private
Label Chemical
Manufacturer. We
offer a partnership
program for sales
minded people. This
Opportunity will give
you the chance to
develop your own
business with our
help. We will design
a complete pro-
gram just for you
with your Company
Name and Private
Label Program.
Your sales ability is
your ticket to
financial freedom.
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MERCHANDISE
708 Antiques &
Collectibles
YEARBOOKS.
Coughlin (30) ‘28-
2000. GAR -(18))
‘37-’06, Meyers (15)
‘53-’03, Pittston (6)
‘67-’75, WVW (12),
1967-2000,Kingston
(11) ‘32-’52, Hazle-
ton, (8) ‘40-’61,
Plains, (3) ‘66-’68,
Hanover ‘51-’74.
Prices vary depend-
ing on condition.
$20-$40 each. Call
for further details &
additional school
editions. 570-825-
4721 arthurh302@
aol.com
716 Building
Materials
RAILING. Wrought
iron. 3 pieces, 92”,
39”, 42” Rail covers
6 steps. $195. For
details 881-3455
744 Furniture &
Accessories
CHAIRS, (2)
Genuine
leather, cus-
tom made
recliners.
Taupe color,
like new. $550
each.
570-675-5046
ATTENTION VENDORS
Decorative/Sea-
sonal/Accent
Pieces for sale.
Purchase sepa-
rately or all.
Call 675-5046
after 6PM
WEST WEST WYOMING WYOMING
6th Street
OPEN YEAR ROUND
SP SPACE ACE
A AV VAILABLE AILABLE
INSIDE & OUT INSIDE & OUT
Acres of Acres of
parking parking
OUTSIDE
SPACES
$10
Saturday
10am-2pm
Sunday
8am-4pm
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Guitar?
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Classified Section!
570-829-7130
756 Medical
Equipment
Hospital Bed,
excellent condition,
$350.00. Please
call 570-457-2496.
Leave a message.
758 Miscellaneous
All
Junk
Cars
&
Trucks
Wanted
Highest
Prices
Paid In
CA$H
FREE
PICKUP
570-574-1275
BEST PRICES
IN THE AREA
CA$H ON THE $POT,
Free Anytime
Pickup
570-301-3602
570-301-3602
CALL US!
TO JUNK
YOUR CAR
MOVING SALE
KINGSTON
72” TV, bedroom,
living & dining room
sets, 3 air condi-
tioners, appliances,
etc. 570-954-1619
758 Miscellaneous
SNOWBLOWER
Ariens, electric
start, 5 HP single
stage $175. Adult
bath bench $75.
Adult porta potty
$30. Adult walker
with basket $20.
Electric garage door
opener $50. maple
wood kitchen table
$40. 570-287-6294
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STOVE, Coal Burn-
ing, White Dickson.
$550. CANES &
WALKING sticks,
over 30, made from
slippery maple trees
$5 each. Christmas
& household items.
over 200 items,
Samsonite belt
massager, luggage
much more! all for
$60! Telephones,
wall and table. $12
each. 735-2081
776 Sporting Goods
BICYCLE
20” GIRLS
MURRAY “DAZZLER”
Powder blue with
pink trim accents &
wheels, white tires.
Front & rear brakes
plus coaster foot
brake. Good
condition $25.
570-814-9574
796 Wanted to Buy
Merchandise
WANTED
JEWELRY
WILKES BARREGOLD
( 570) 48GOLD8
( 570) 484- 6538
Highest Cash Pay-
Outs Guaranteed
Open 6 Days
a Week
10am- 6pm
Cl osed Thursdays
1092 Highway 315 Blvd.
( Pl aza 315)
315N, 1/ 2 mi l e
bef ore Mohegan
Sun Casi no
We Pay At Least
80% of the London
Fix Market Price
for All Gold Jewelry
WilkesBarreGold.com
or email us at
wilkesbarregold@
yahoo.com
London PM
Gold Price
May 14 - $1,433.75
800
PETS & ANIMALS
815 Dogs
DOBERMAN PUPPIES
AKC. Males and
Females, red and
rust. READY NOW!
Cooper’s
Dobermans
570-542-5158
GERMAN SHEPARDS
AKC registered, 9
weeks old, 2 males
and 2 females. Both
parents are on
premises. $550.
570-574-4898
POMERANIAN
Puppies
AKC registered.
1 female, 3 males.
1st & 2nd shots.
10 weeks
Limited papers
$400.
570-864-2643
900
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE
906 Homes for Sale
Having trouble
paying your mort-
gage? Falling
behind on your
payments? You
may get mail from
people who promise
to forestall your
foreclosure for a fee
in advance. Report
them to the Federal
Trade Commission,
the nation’s con-
sumer protection
agency. Call 1-877-
FTC-HELP or click
on ftc.gov. A mes-
sage from The
Times Leader and
the FTC.
NANTICOKE
1472 S. Hanover St.
Well maintained
bi-level house fea-
tures 2 bedrooms,
1 3/4 baths, recre-
ation room with
propane stove. Wall
to wall, 3 season
porch. Profession-
ally landscaped
yard. Storage
shed, new appli-
ances, ceiling fans.
Close to LCCC.
$153,900.
Call 570-735-7594
or 570-477-2410
906 Homes for Sale
LAKEFRONT
COTTAGE
LAKE COMO,
WAYNE COUNTY
QUIET, PEACEFUL
LOT ON PRIVATE,
NON-MOTOR-
BOATING LAKE;
YEAR ROUND,
GREAT RETIRE-
MENT OR VACA-
TION PROPERTY;
SEE DETAILS AND
PICTURES AT:
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AD# 275333
OR CALL JIM
570-785-3888
$269,900
TAXES LESS THAN
$2,500.
909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
WILKES-BARRE
Owner Retiring
Turn Key Night
Club For Sale.
Two full bars,
game area.
Four restrooms.
Prime Location!!!
Creative financing
Available $80,000,
Dave Rubbico, Jr.
885-2693
Rubbico
Real Estate
826-1600
Collect cash, not dust!
Clean out your
basement, garage
or attic and call the
Classified depart-
ment today at 570-
829-7130!
912 Lots & Acreage
DALLAS
GREENBRIAR RETIRE-
MENT COMMUNITY
Only eight lots
left. Custom
design you home
the way you want it.
Call 570-675-1300
LUZERNE COUNTY
LAND BARGAIN
BUY NOW PAY NO
CLOSING COSTS
No Time Frame
To Build
30 Mile Views
2 Acres $39,900
7 Acres $89,900
Estate Sized Prop-
erties Priced To
Sell, #1 School
District In North-
eastern Pa. Finance
with Only 10%
Down. Call
570-245-6288
912 Lots & Acreage
NEWPORT TWP.
LOTS LOTS - - LOTS LOTS - - LOTS LOTS
1 mile south of
L.C.C.C.
Established
developement with
underground utili-
ties including gas.
Cleared lot. 100’
frontage x 158.
$35,000.
Lot 210 ‘ frontage
158’ deep on hill
with great view
$35,000.
Call 570-736-6881
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
FORTY FORT
2nd floor, one bed-
room, living room,
office. Nice kitchen
with refrigerator &
stove. Large bath,
many closets &
large storage area.
Washer/dryer hook
up. Heat & water
included. No pets.
600/month + securi-
ty., 570-574-2829
FORTY FORT
All utilities included.
Clean 4 room 2nd
floor. Appliances.
Covered parking.
Non smoking, cat
considered, starting
at $700/month.
570-714-2017
FORTY FORT
Available NOW!
Large living room
and bedroom, sec-
ond floor apart-
ment. Off-street
parking for two
cars. On site wash-
er and dryer for
tenants use. Indoor
cats allowed, up to
two only. $585/per
month includes
everything except
phone and cable.
Call (570) 287-2765
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in classified!
FORTY FORT
Heat, hot water &
trash included. 2
bedrooms, 2nd
floor. Coin-op wash-
er/dryer. $625/
month, references,
security deposit &
lease. No smoking.
No pets. Available
Immediately.
Call 570-760-4830
HARVEYS LAKE
2 bedroom , wall to
wall carpet, appli-
ances, Lake rights.
Off street parking.
No pets. Lease,
security and
references.
570-639-5920
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
HANOVER TOWNSHIP
West End Road
Clean & bright
3 bedroom apart-
ments. Heat, water,
garbage & sewer
included with appli-
ances. Off street
parking. No pets,
non smoking, not
section 8 approved.
References, securi-
ty, first and last
months rent.
$725/month
570-852-0252
Kingston &
Surrounding Areas
APARTMENTS
AVAILABLE
KINGSTON:
1 and 2 bedrooms
WYOMING:
1 and 2 bedrooms
WILKES-BARRE:
4 Bedroom
1/2 Double
WILKES-BARRE:
3 Bedroom
brick home.
Appliances,sewer
are included.
Lease, credit check
Priced affordable !
Call: Tina Randazzo
@ 899-3407 for
info/appt.
KINGSTON
2 bedroom, 1 bath,
new flooring and
carpeting. Includes
stove and fridge,
lots of closets, plus
pantry, w/d hookup,
large front porch
and back yard. On
quiet residential
street, close to col-
leges, shopping,
highways. $650 +
utilities. Sorry, No
pets and No smok-
ing. 570-283-1736
KINGSTON
E. E. W Walnut alnut St. St.
2nd floor. Located in
quiet neighborhood.
Kitchen, living room,
dining room, sun-
room, bath, 3 bed-
rooms; 2 large & 1
small. Lots of clos-
ets, built-in linen
closet & hutch.
Hardwood & car-
peted floors. Fire-
place. Storage
room. Yard. Washer
/ dryer, stove /
fridge. Heat and hot
water included. 1
year lease + securi-
ty. $950
570-283-4370
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LARKSVILLE
AVAILABLE
IMMEDIATELY!!
Spacious 2 bed-
room, newly reno-
vated. W/d hookup.
Plenty of parking.
Includes. heat, hot
water and water.
No pets. $675 + 1
month security,
electric & garbage.
845-386-1011
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
KINGSTON
E. WALNUT ST.
Light, bright, 3rd
floor, 2 bedrooms,
elevator, carpeted,
entry system.
Garage. Extra stor-
age & cable TV
included. Laundry
facilities. Air Con-
ditioned. Fine
neighborhood.
Convenient to bus
& stores. No
pets. References.
Security. Lease.
No smokers
please. $785 +
utilities. Call.
570-287-0900
MOUNTAIN TOP
2 BEDROOM
APARTMENTS from
$650/month up
including some utili-
ties. 570-854-8785
PITTSTON
2nd floor, 4 rooms &
bath. Washer/dryer
hook up. Heat & hot
water furnished. No
smoking, no pets.
Security & refer-
ences. $695/mo.
570-654-1193
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PITTSTON
EFFICIENCY
Unfurnished.
1 bedroom,
kitchen, living
room. All appli-
ances included.
$650/month+
Security deposit
and references
814-2752
W-B/
PLAINS AREA
AMERICA
REALTY
Apartment
570-288-1422
AP APAR ARTMENT TMENT
BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL
BUS STOP/
STORES
BRICK DUPLEX
BRAND NEW -
CLEAN. 2nd
floor. 1 bedroom
remodeled!
Maple kitchen,
built-ins, porch,
tiled bath, laun-
dry. Convenient
neighborhood.
BUS STOP MINI
MART & MORE!
Managed. $550
+ utilities. No
Pets. 2 YEAR
SAME RENT.
APPLICATION,
EMPLOYMENT
746 Garage Sales/
Estate Sales/
Flea Markets
746 Garage Sales/
Estate Sales/
Flea Markets
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in the Classifieds!
570-829-7130
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The Aroma A Spa
405 N. River Street • Wilkes-Barre
ORIENTAL SHIATSU
BODY MASSAGE
570-991-8566
10 AM
to 10 PM
DAILY
TS ANNA
HARDWOOD
WB mall
1st timers welcome
305-791-4961
2042 N. M em orial H wy., Sh avertown,PA
675-1245
H E AL T H &
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W E L C O M E C HRIS T IN A
DRO P DE AD GO RGE O US , F O RM E RL Y O F
HO L IS T IC S PA IN K IN GS T O N
AV AIL ABL E T UE S ,T HURS ,F RI,S AT 4- 12
$10 O F F
AN Y S E RV IC E W IT H C O UPO N .
E X P. 5- 22- 13.
S w e d is h & R e la xa tion M a s s a ge
750 Ju m p e r R oa d , W ilk e s - B a rre
M in u te s from
the M ohe ga n S u n Ca s in o
$10 off 60 m in . m a s s a ge
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Tra c to rTra ilerPa rk ingAva ila b le
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N E W S TA F F !
Orien ta l S ta ff
Body S ha m poo
M a ssa ge-Ta n n in g
318 W ilkes-Ba rre Tow n ship Blv d., R ou te 309
L a rge P a rkin g A rea • Open D a ily 9a m -M idn ight
570.824.9017
M&R Agency
Rt. 11, West Nanticoke
735-4150
$20 OFF A 1/2 HOUR OR
HOUR MASSAGE
OR $25 FOR A 20 MINUTE
SESSION
EXPIRES 5-22-13 • NOWHIRING, INCENTIVES OFFERED
MOST MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED
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Spa
Open 7 Days 10am-11:30pm
FEATURING BODY AND
FOOT MASSAGES
$10 OFF HOUR
SESSIONS
570-337-3966
Unit 19A Gateway Shopping
Center, Edwardsville
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Discrete Chat
Guy to Guy
FREE
TRIAL
FREE TRIAL
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Massage
570-540-5333
177 South Market Street, Nanticoke
OPEN:
9:30 A.M.-12:30 A.M.
Featuring Table Shampoo
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Secret Moments Massage
ARE YOU LONELY & IN NEED
OF A WOMAN’S TOUCH
ENJOY A WARM
SENSUAL MASSAGE
PRIVATE BY APPT. DAILY 10A-10P
EXIT 182 SCRANTON • 570-702-2241
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A cceptingallm ajor credit cards
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ORIENTAL SPA
Rt. 93
Hazle Twp.
Near
Laurel
Mall
Hours:
10AM-10PM
B E A U T IF U L Y O U N G
A S IA N G IR L S
Profes s iona l
M a s s a ge
Open 7 days
9:30 am -11 pm
Fash ion M all
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PRIVATE PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE
Schedule for any day or time.
Star Personality. Satisfaction
Guaranteed. Will travel.
570-550-1209
South Rt. 309 • Hazleton
(entrance in
back, 2nd
floor)
FREE
PARKING PARKING
570-861-9027
Spa 21
Ultima II
A Health & Relaxation Spa
1-866-858-4611
570-970-3971
Call our friendly staff about our new services and
masseuses. Waxing, skin esthetics, facials and
more available. Couple specials Fri-Sat-Sun 6-
Midnight Gift certificates available.
Lather up in the company of “Peaches” and
“Cream” in the Jacuzzi of Dreams. Call for rates.
EVERY TUESDAY 6 P.M.-MIDNIGHT is “COUGAR
CUB DAY” FRI., SAT., SUN. 6 P.M.-MIDNIGHT
MEET THE ANDREW SISTERS
LINDA & CALI’S DELIGHT — COME SEE
OUR NEW AFFORDABLE GIRLS
FREE WAXING OR PARFIN W/A 1 HOUR SPA
THEY’RE THE BEST IN TOWN!
APPOINTMENTS PREFERRED — ANY DAY BY
APPOINTMENT
TS NINA
LONGBRANCH &
TS SWEET
NORTHPOLE
VISITING
HEY GUYS DOUBLE
THE FUN DOUBLE
THE PLEASURE
GET READY FOR
BLAST OFF
WATERFALLS
SPLASH OFF!!
310-503-1922
TS BRAZIL LEE
919-324-2364
NO BLOCKED CALLS
Electro body
known to blow
fuses!
34-25-34
Dripping like
the faucets on
Extreme
playmate &
Exotic beauty
Head
2 Toe
In Call/ Out Call
570-793-5767
NOW HIRING
NEW HOURS: Mon-Sat 10-11 NEW HOURS: Mon-Sat 10-11
12-6 pm Sunday 12-6 pm Sunday
Aura
Aura
Massage
Massage
460 S. Empire St. 460 S. Empire St.
Wilkes-Barre •970.4700 Wilkes-Barre •970.4700
With Coupon With Coupon
ONE HOUR ONE HOUR
SPECIAL SPECIAL
$
40
$
40
Discreet
Encounters
Immediate outcalls
available. In call by
appointment
— Special Low Rates—
Call 570-954-4067
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MELODY
MOTEL
From - $39.99/night
$189.99/week + tax
2530 East End Blvd.
Rt. 115 S • Wilkes-Barre
570-829-1279
themelodymotel.com
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941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
WILKES-BARRE
Mayflower
Crossing
Apartments
570.822.3968
1, 2, 3 & 4
Bedrooms
- Light & bright
open floor plans
- All major
appliances included
- Pets welcome*
- Close to everything
- 24 hour emergency
maintenance
- Short term
leases available
Call TODAY For
AVAILABILITY!!
www.mayflower
crossing.com
Certain Restrictions
Apply*
WILKES-BARRE
447 S. Franklin St.
1 bedroom with
study, off street
parking, laundry
facility. Includes
heat and hot
water, hardwood
floors, appliances,
Trash removal.
$580/mo Call
(570)821-5599
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WILKES-BARRE
HISTORIC WHEELMAN
439 S. Franklin St.
Two apartments
available.
(1) 1 bedroom,
hardwood floors,
A/C, marble bath.
security system,
laundry, off street
parking. $675 $675
(1) Unique studio.
Sun porch, hard-
wood floor, security
system and laundry.
Off street parking.
$550 $550
570-821-5599
944 Commercial
Properties
EXETER
OFFICE SPACE
Newly remodeled
120 sq. ft. All
utilities included,
except phone.
Paved parking.
$200/month.
Lease. 1 month
free! Call
570-602-1550
for details
OFFICE SPACE
18 PIERCE STREET
KINGSTON
Available immedi-
ately. 1 to 4 rooms
$250 month to
$600 month
includes all utilities,
parking, trash
removal.
570-371-8613
944 Commercial
Properties
WILKES-BARRE
Office Available for
a Health or Legal
Professional. Large
private space
Excellent location,
Courthouse Tower
Bldg. Call Denise
570-824-7566
947 Garages
PLAINS
Garage for Rent
97 Hancock St.
Bay and a half, dry,
clean. Great for
auto storage.
$95/month
570-693-1468
950 Half Doubles
NANTICOKE
Large 3 bedroom
with 2 full baths,
includes Stove,
Fridge, Washer &
Dryer. Sewer and
garbage also includ-
ed. $750. a month.
$40 application fee.
570-736-6068
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PLAINS
LUXURY DUPLEX
This beautiful, com-
pletely renovated 2
bedroom luxury
apartment could be
yours! All new high
end amenities in-
clude: hardwood
floors, gorgeous
maple kitchen cabi-
nets with granite
countertops & stain-
less steel appli-
ances. Spacious
great room with gas
fireplace. Tile bath,
stacked wash-
er/dryer. Large
screened-in porch.
Many large, conven-
ient closets. Central
A/C. New gas heat-
ing system. Huge
attic for storage.
“Must See!” $1,000
+ utilities, lease &
security. NO PETS,
NO SMOKING
570-793-6294
953Houses for Rent
FORTY FORT
AMERICA
REALTY
OFFICE
570-288-1422
HOUSE
HOUSE
BEAUTIFUL
BEAUTIFUL
Includes white
colonial kitchen,
center island, all
appliances, 2 glass
/ windowed
enclosed porches,
gas fireplace, 1.5
baths & more. 2
YEAR SAME RENT
$900/month
+ utilities. NO PETS/
EMPLOYMENT
VERIFICATION.
953Houses for Rent
HANOVER TWP.
Rear 439 Main Rd.
3 bedrooms, wall to
wall carpeting, 1.5
baths, 2 sitting
rooms, large
kitchen & pantry
with tile floor, win-
dow treatments
included. Full base-
ment, wrap around
porch, fenced in
yard, off street
parking, gas heat,
air conditioning. Util-
ities paid by tenant.
$675 per month.
Security required.
No pets.
Call days
570-824-3050 eves
570-823-7274
NOXEN
2 bedroom house.
Wall to wall carpet-
ing, electric heat.
Includes stove &
refrigerator. No
pets. $450 month &
1 month security
required.
570-639 5882 or
570-406-6530
WILKES-BARRE
Remodeled 3 bed-
room home featur-
ing fresh paint,
hardwood floors,
washer/dryer hook
up, walk up attic &
fenced in yard. No
pets or smoking.,
$665/ month+ utili-
ties. 570-466-6334
Collect cash, not dust!
Clean out your
basement, garage
or attic and call the
Classified depart-
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829-7130!
965 Roommate
Wanted
MOUNTAIN TOP
Male homeowner
looking for
responsible male
roommate to
share house.
Close to Industri-
al Parks and high-
ways. Off street
parking. Plenty of
storage.
Large basement
with billiards & air
hockey. All utilities
included. $450.
Call Doug
570-817-2990
971 Vacation &
Resort Properties
PRIVATE COUNTRY
CAMPGROUND
Several sites avail-
able, and will be
accepting applica-
tions for member-
ship. Gated Premis-
es, adjoins public
gulf course, 35
acre natural lake for
fishing. Large shad-
ed sites, with water
and electric, show-
ers and flush toilets.
Nestled near
orchards and
produce farms in
the hills between
Dallas and Tunkhan-
nock. For informa-
tion and applica-
tions call:
Call (570) 371-9770
1000
SERVICE
DIRECTORY
1024 Building &
Remodeling
1ST. QUALITY
CONSTRUCTION CO.
Roofing, siding,
gutters, insulation,
decks, additions,
windows, doors,
masonry &
concrete.
Insured & Bonded.
Senior Citizens Discount!
State Lic. # PA057320
570-606-8438
Shedlarski Construction
HOME IMPROVEMENT
SPECIALIST
Licensed, insured &
PA registered.
Kitchens, baths,
vinyl siding & rail-
ings, replacement
windows & doors,
additions, garages,
all phases of home
renovations.
Free Estimates
570-287-4067
1039 Chimney
Service
A-1 ABLE
CHIMNEY
Rebuild & Repair
Chimneys. All
types of Masonry.
Liners Installed,
Brick & Block,
Roofs & Gutters.
Licensed &
Insured
570-735-2257
1042 Cleaning &
Maintainence
DEB & PAT’S
CLEANING
SERVICE
Free Estimates
570-793-4773
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1054 Concrete &
Masonry
D. PUGH
CONCRETE
All phases of
masonry &
concrete. Small
jobs welcome.
Senior discount.
Free estimates.
Licensed & Insured
288-1701/655-3505
STESNEY
CONCRETE & MASONRY
All Types.
Large & Small Jobs.
Repairs.
licensed and insured.
570-283-1245
1069 Decks
DECK BUILDERS
Of NEPA
We build any type,
size and design.
Sunrooms and 4
season rooms
All concrete work.
570-899-1110
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A GREAT DEAL...
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1093 Excavating
All Types Of
Excavating,
Demolition &
Concrete Work.
Lot clearing, pool
closing & retain-
ing walls, etc.
Large & Small Jobs
FREE ESTIMATES
(570) 760-1497
1099 Fencing &
Decks
FREDERICK FENCE CO.
Locally Owned
Vinyl, Chain Link,
Aluminum, Wood.
570-709-3021
1135 Hauling &
Trucking
A.S.A.P Hauling
Estate Cleanouts,
Attics, Cellars,
Garages, we’re
cheaper than
dumpsters!.
Free Estimates,
Same Day!
570-855-4588
ALWAYS READY
HAULING
Property & Estate
Cleanups, Attics,
Cellars, Yards,
Garages,
Construction
Sites, Flood
Damage & More.
CHEAPER THAN
A DUMPSTER!!
SAME DAY
SERVICE
Free Estimates
570-301-3754
1162 Landscaping/
Garden
NEED HELP
NEED HELP
LAWN CUT?
LEAVES RAKED?
GENERAL YARD
WORK?
MULCHING?
Responsible Senior
student.
Mountain Top,
White Haven,
Drums &
Conygham area.
Call Justin
570-868-6134
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1204 Painting &
Wallpaper
F & F PAINTING
AND CONTRACTING
SERVICES
30 Years
Experience
570-793-7909
1231 Pool & Spa
Repair/Services
RK POOLS & MORE
Pool openings, liner
changes, and
installations. Patios,
Decks and fencing.
Insured.
570-592-2321
Purebred Animals?
Sell them here with a
classified ad!
570-829-7130
Collect
Cash.
Not
Dust.
Sell it in The
Times Leader
Classified
section.
Call 829-7130
to place an ad.
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